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Nodal and Mesh

Analysis
EE 1: CIRCUITS 1
Nodal Analysis
Analyzing circuits using node voltages as circuit variables.
Steps to determine the node voltages:
1. Select a node as the reference node.
2. Assign voltages 𝑉1 , 𝑉2 ,…, 𝑉𝑛−1 to the remaining n-1 nodes. The voltages are referenced with
respect to the reference node.
3. Apply KCL to each of the n-1 reference nodes. Use Ohm’s law to express the branch currents
in terms of node voltages.
4. Solve the resulting simultaneous equations to obtain the unknown node voltages.
Resistive Circuits

circuit with independent and


circuit with independent
dependent voltage t source
current source circuit with dependent
current source

circuit with independent voltage and circuit with two independent source
current source and dependent voltage source
Example 1
Use nodal analysis to obtain 𝑣𝑜 in the circuit.
𝑖1 + 𝑖2 + 𝑖3 = 0
𝑣0 −12 𝑣0 𝑣0 −10
+ + =0
4 6 2

𝑣0 = 8.727 𝑉
Example 2
Find 𝑣𝑜 and 𝑖𝑜 in the circuit.

20−𝑣0 50−𝑣0 10−𝑣0 𝑣0


+ + =
1 2 2 4
𝑣0 = 20 𝑉
20−𝑣0 20−20
𝑖0 = =
1 1

𝑖0 = 0 𝐴
Example 3
Determine 𝑣1 , 𝑣2 , and the power dissipated in all resistors in the circuit.

@ node 1 Solving (1) and (2)


𝑣1 (𝑣1 − 𝑣2 ) 𝑣1 2
6= + 𝑣1 = 9.1429 𝑉 𝑃8𝛺 = = 10.4491 W
8 4 8
48 = 3𝑣1 − 2𝑣2 (1) 𝑣2 = −10.2857 𝑉 (𝑣1 −𝑣2 )2
@ node 2 𝑃4𝛺 = = 94.3676 W
4
(𝑣1 − 𝑣2 ) 𝑣2 𝑣2 2
= + 10 𝑃2𝛺 = = 52.8978 W
4 2 2
40 = 𝑣1 − 3𝑣2 (2)
Mesh Analysis
1. Assign a mesh current (with variable name and assumed direction) to each mesh in the
circuit.
2. Write a KVL equation for every mesh with unknown current.
3. Solve the system of equations.
4. Solve the required quantities using the mesh currents.
Example 1
Find the voltage 𝑣𝑥 using mesh analysis.
−2 = 56𝐼1 − 40𝐼2 (1)
25 = −40𝐼1 + 100𝐼2 (2)
𝐼1 = 0.2 𝐴
𝐼2 = 0.33 𝐴

𝑣𝑥 = 40(𝐼2 − 𝐼1 )
𝑣𝑥 = 40(0.33 − 0.2)
@ mesh 1
−2 𝑉 − 40 𝐼1 − 𝐼2 − 16𝐼1 = 0 𝑣𝑥 = 5.2 𝑉
@ mesh 2
5 𝑉 − 40𝐼2 − 40 𝐼2 − 𝐼1 − 20 𝐼2 − 𝐼3 = 0
@ mesh 3
𝐼3 = 1 𝐴
Example 2
Find the current 𝐼𝑥 using mesh analysis.

𝐼1 = 0.1304 𝐴
@ mesh 1
𝐼2 = −0. 3043 𝐴
7 𝑉 − 1 𝐼1 − 2 𝐼1 − 𝐼2 − 6𝑉 = 0
3𝐼1 − 2𝐼2 = 1 (1) 𝐼𝑥 = 𝐼1 − 𝐼2
@ mesh 2
−9 𝑉 + 6 𝑉 − 2 𝐼2 − 𝐼1 − 3𝐼2 − 4𝐼2 = 0 𝐼𝑥 = 0.4347 𝐴
−2𝐼1 + 9𝐼2 = −3 (2)
Example 3
Find the voltage 𝑉0 using mesh analysis.

2𝑘𝛺 𝐼1 + 4𝑘𝛺 𝐼2 − 12𝑘𝛺 𝐼3 + 3 𝑉 = 0


2𝑥103 𝛺 4𝑥10−3 𝐴 + 4𝑥103 𝛺 −2𝑥10−3 𝐴 + 3𝑉
@ mesh 1 𝐼3 =
12𝑥103 𝛺
𝐼1 = 4 𝑚𝐴 𝐼3 = 0.25 𝑚𝐴
@ mesh 2
𝐼2 = −2 𝑚𝐴 −6𝑘𝛺 𝐼3 + 3 𝑉 + 𝑉0 = 0
@ mesh 3 𝑉0 = −1.5 𝑉
3 𝑉 − 4𝑘𝛺 𝐼3 − 𝐼2 − 2𝑘𝛺 𝐼3 − 𝐼1 − 6𝑘𝛺(𝐼3 ) = 0

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