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This document summarizes key concepts about parallel DC circuits from Chapter 6 of the textbook "Electrical Circuits" by Robert L. Boylestad. It discusses that in parallel circuits, the total resistance is always less than the smallest resistor and approaches the smallest resistor if it is much smaller than the others. The total resistance of equal valued parallel resistors equals the resistance of one resistor divided by the number of resistors. Parallel resistors can be interchanged without affecting total resistance. Voltage is the same across parallel elements while total current equals the sum of branch currents. Kirchhoff's Current Law and the Current Divider Rule are presented for analyzing parallel circuits. Open and short circuits in parallel configurations are also covered. Examples are provided

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Lecture Slides-4 Chapter - 6

This document summarizes key concepts about parallel DC circuits from Chapter 6 of the textbook "Electrical Circuits" by Robert L. Boylestad. It discusses that in parallel circuits, the total resistance is always less than the smallest resistor and approaches the smallest resistor if it is much smaller than the others. The total resistance of equal valued parallel resistors equals the resistance of one resistor divided by the number of resistors. Parallel resistors can be interchanged without affecting total resistance. Voltage is the same across parallel elements while total current equals the sum of branch currents. Kirchhoff's Current Law and the Current Divider Rule are presented for analyzing parallel circuits. Open and short circuits in parallel configurations are also covered. Examples are provided

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Electrical Circuits (EEE-141)

Chapter-6: Parallel DC Circuits


Book: Robert L Boylestad, 12th Edition

Prof. K. M. A. Salam (KAS)

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Parallel Circuits:
●Two elements, branches, or circuits are in parallel if they have two points in common.

+ + + + + +
_ _ _ _ _ _

● The total resistance of parallel resistors is always less than the value of the smallest resistor.

● If the smallest resistance of a parallel combination is much smaller than that of the other parallel
resistors, the total resistance will be very close to the smallest resistance value.

2
Parallel Circuits:
●The total resistance of N parallel resistors of equal value is the resistance of one resistor
divided by the number (N) of parallel resistors.

● If the two resistors are in parallel, the total


resistance of two parallel resistors is simply the
product of their values divided by their sum.

● Parallel resistors can be interchanged without affecting the total resistance.

3
Parallel Circuits:
●The voltage is always the same across parallel elements. However, the source current equals
the sum of the branch currents.
Power:

#Find unknown parameters:

4
Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL):
●The algebraic sum of the currents entering and leaving a junction (or region) of a network is zero.
OR
The sum of the currents entering a junction (or region) of a network must equal the sum of the currents
leaving the same junction (or region).
# Find unknown currents using KCL:

# Find I using KCL:

Example: 16, 17
5
Current Divider Rule (CDR):
●The current through any branch of a parallel resistive network is equal to the total resistance of the
parallel network divided by the resistance of the resistor of interest and multiplied by the total current
entering the parallel configuration.

● For two parallel resistors, the current through one is equal to the
resistance of the other times the total entering current divided by the
sum of the two resistances

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Voltage source, Open and Short Circuits:
●The voltage sources can be placed in parallel only if they ● An a short circuit: can carry a current by the
have the same voltage. external circuit, but the voltage across its
terminals is always zero volts.

● An open circuit: voltage across its terminals, but


the current is always zero.

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# Exercise: 8, 21, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34

# Find unknown currents:


# Find unknown currents using CDR:

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