Electric Circuits and Networks

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Nodal Analysis and Mesh Analysis of Memoryless Circuits

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

• Introduce the circuit analysis problem and explain the constraints that exist in various equation sets.

• Define node voltage variable and develop nodal analysis technique for memoryless circuits containing resistors, dependent voltage and current sources and independent voltage and current sources.

• Introduce Nodal Conductance Matrix Y and its properties.

• Illustrate nodal analysis technique through a series of solved examples.

• Define mesh current variable and develop mesh analysis technique for memoryless circuits containing resistors, dependent voltage and current sources and independent voltage and current sources.

• Introduce Mesh Resistance Matrix Z and its ...