Department of Electrical Engineering

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EE-111: Linear Circuit Analysis

Lab3: Verification of KVL,KCL, Voltage & Current Divider Rule

PLO4/CLO5 PLO5/CLO6 PLO8/CLO7 PLO9/CLO8

Name Reg. No Viva /Quiz / Analysis Modern Ethics and Safety Individual and
Lab of data in Tool Usage Team Work
Performance Lab 5 marks
Report 5 marks 5 marks
5 marks
5 marks

Shamel 467948
Mujtaba
Taha 454573
Mahmoud
Shahmeer 480008
Adnan Rana

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Lab 3: Verification of KVL,KCL, Voltage & Current Divider Rule

Introduction

This laboratory execise is meant to enable the students to verify KVL, KCL, Voltage & Current
Divider analysis of simple circuits and correlate measured vaues with the theoretical
calculations of voltages and currents through various circuit elements.

Objectives

The following are the broad objectives of this lab:

 Circuit setup on bread board.

 Calculate the currents and voltages in the valarious circuit elements.
 Use the DMM as a ammeter and voltmeter to measure the various currents and
voltages.
 Explain deviations in results in case these are encountered during the experiment.

Conduct of Lab

1. The students are required to work in groups of three to four; each student must attempt to
understand and use the laboratoy set-up and conduct at least one or two parts of the
requirement experimentation. The lab engineer will be available to assit the students.
2. In case some aspect of the lab experiment is not understood the students are advised to seek
help from the teacher, the lab engineer.

Lab Equipment

The following equipment would be used in this experiment:

 Test bench
 The Multimeter
 The Power Supply
 Digital Multimeter

Theory:
Kirchhoff’s Laws are based on energy and charge conservation. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
is based on energy conservation and states that the algebraic sum of the potential (voltage) drops
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around a complete path is equal to zero. For example, in the circuit shown in figure 1, the
relations between the circuit elements and resistances for the path ABCDA is:

(1)

Figure 1: Example circuit to illustrate the experiment

Kirchhoff’s current law is based on charge conservation, and states that the algebraic sum of the
currents entering a node is zero. A node is a point such as “B” in figure 1, where I1 enters and I2
and I3 leave. The other nodes in figure 1 are “E”, “D”, and “C”. Referring to figure 1, at node “B” we
have:

(2)

While at node “E” the relation is:

(3)

KVL:

For the circuit given below use KVL to measure and calculate all the currents and voltages for each
circuit element.

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3. Three resistors will be provided in the lab . Find the resistance of the resistor using color codes.
4. Use R1 = 47 ohms , R2 = 330 ohms , R3 = 1 k ohm.
5. Find the resistance using multimeter.
6. For the following circuit, measure the desired parameters and tabulate your theoretical and
experimental results.

After you have completed the lab experiment please return all the equipment back to your lab
engineer / supervisor.

Table – 1 (KVL)

Applied
S.No Voltage VA :Voltage at A VB: Voltage at B VC :Voltage at C VT= VA + VB + VC

1 5V 0.17 1.21 3.61 4.99

2 10 V 0.34 2.41 7.17 9.92

3 15 V 0.52 3.64 10.82 14.98

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Does sum of all the voltages across resistors is equal to voltage applied or not? Explain your
answer

The values are the approximately same. Difference is due to instrumental error.

Table –2 (VDR)

For (Vapplied = 5 V)

S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated voltages Measured Voltages

R1 R1
1 = 0.0341 × V applied =0.1705 V VA : Voltage atA=0.17 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R2 R2
2 = 0.2397 × V applied =1.1985 V VB : Voltage at B=1.21 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R3 R3
3 = 0.7262 × V applied =3.6310 V VC :Voltage at C=3.61 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

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 Table –3 (VDR)

For (Vapplied = 10 V)

S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated voltages Measured Voltages

R1 R1
1 =0.0341 × V applied =0.341 V VA : Voltage at A=0.34 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R2 R2
2 = 0.2397 × V applied =2.497 V VB : Voltage at B=2.41 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R3 R3
3 = 0.7262 × V applied =7.262 V VC :Voltage at C=7.17 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

Table –4 (VDR)

For (Vapplied3 = 15Ω)

S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated voltages Measured Voltages

R1 R1
1 = 0.0341 × V applied =0.5115 V VA : Voltage at A= 0.52V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R2 R2
2 =0.2397 × V applied =3.5955 V VB : Voltage at B= 3.64V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

R3 R3
3 =0.7262 × V applied =10.893 V VC :Voltage at C= 10.82 V
R1 +R 2 + R3 R1 +R 2 + R3

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KCL :

For the circuit given below use KCL to measure and calculate all the currents and voltages
for each circuit element.

7. Two resistor will be provided in the lab. Find the resistance of the resistor using color codes.
8. Use R1 = 330 ohms , R2 = 1 k ohm.
9. Find the resistance using multimeter.
10. For the following circuit, measure the desired parameters and tabulate your theoretical and
experimental results.

After you have completed the lab experiment please return all the equipment back to your lab
engineer/ supervisor.

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 Table –5 (KCL)

S.No Applied Current: Current: I1 Current: I2 I= I1 + I2 R1 R 2

Voltage Rt =
I Across R1 Across R2 (Calculated)
R 1 + R2

(measured)
(measured) (measured)

1 19.00mA 14.4mA 4.52mA 18.92mA 248.12 Ω

5V

2 38.6mA 29.3mA 10.0mA 39.3mA 248.12 Ω

10 V

3 60.4mA 44.4mA 15.1mA 59.5mA 248.12 Ω

15 V

Table –6 (CDR)

For (Vapplied = 5V)

S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated Current Measured Current

R2 R2
1 =0.752 ×I= 14.23mA I1 : Current of Branch 1=14.4mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

R1 R1
2 =0.248 × I = 4.69mA I2 : Current of Branch 2=4.5mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

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 Table –7 (CDR)

For (Vapplied = 10 V)

S S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated Current Measured Current

R2 R2
1 = 0.752 × I = 29.55mA I1 : Current of Branch 1=29.3mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

R1 R1
2 = 0.248 × I = 9.75mA I2 : Current of Branch 2=10.0mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

Table –8 (CDR)

For (Vapplied = 15V)

S.No Resistances Ratios Calculated Current Measured Current

R2 R2
1 = 0.752 × I = 44.74mA I1 : Current of Branch 1=44.4mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

R1 R1
2 =0.248 × I = 14.76mA I2 : Current of Branch 2=15.1mA
R1 +R 2 R1 +R 2

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Does total current is equal to sum of currents through all branches or not?

Yes, as current divides in parallel.

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