3 - Network Analysis
3 - Network Analysis
A. COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to provide a complete overview of electric circuit analysis used in
electronics engineering. The students can analyse electrical networks by understanding application
of basic laws, theorems and transforms. The concept of this subject is useful to the students for
understanding the concept of stability of the circuit and its frequency domain analysis.
To inculcate capability to analyze electrical networks by understanding basic laws, theorems and
transforms.
B. DETAILED SYLLABUS
NO TOPIC
[1] DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIRCUIT CONCEPT
Introduction, Charge and Energy, The Relationship of Field and Circuit Concepts, The
Capacitance Parameter, The Inductance Parameter, The Resistance Parameter, Units and
scaling, Approximation of a Physical System as a circuit.
[2] CONVENTIONS FOR DESCRIBING NETWORKS
Reference Directions for Current and Voltage, Active Element Conventions, the Dot
Convention for Coupled Circuits, Topological Description of Networks.
[3] NETWORK EQUATIONS
Kirchhoff’s Laws, The Number of Network Equations, Source Transformations, Examples of
the Formulation of Network Equations Loop Variable Analysis, Node Variable Analysis,
Determinants: Minors and the Gauss Method, Duality.
[4] FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
General and particular solutions, Time constants, the integrating factor, More Complicated
Networks.
[5] INITIAL CONDITIONS IN NETWORKS
Why Study Initial Conditions? Initial Conditions in Elements, Geometrical Interpretation of
Derivatives, A Procedure for Evaluating Initial Conditions, Initial State of a Network.
[6] DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Second order equations, Internal Excitation, Higher order equations ;Internal Excitation,
Networks Excited by External Energy Sources, Response as related to the s-Plane Location
of Roots, General Solutions in terms of S,Q and ωn.
[7] THE LAPLACE TRANSFORMATION
Introduction, The Laplace Transformation, Some Basic Theorems for the Laplace
Transformation, Examples of the solution of problems with the Laplace Transformation,
Partial Fraction Expansion, Heaviside’s Expansion Theorem, Examples of Solutions by the
Laplace Transformation.
1) Network Analysis, M.E. Van Valkenburg, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited
2) Network Analysis and Synthesis, U. A. Patel, 3rd Edition, Mahajan Publication House.
3) Circuit Theory - Analysis & Synthesis, A. Chakraborty, 1st Edition, Dhanpatrai publication
D. COURSE OUTCOMES
⚫ Apply KVL, KCL and Ohm’s Laws to complex RLC networks to find response in any part of the
network in form of node voltages and loop currents for given excitation
⚫ Apply Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem to complex RLC networks in order to simplify the
network and determine load voltage / current
⚫ Understand behaviour of mutually coupled coils and determine direction of induced current
using dot convention
⚫ Compute response of the network for given excitation using classical (solving differential
equations) as well as transform methods
⚫ Use Laplace transform method to find out response of the network to given waveforms
⚫ Design RLC series network to generate response with specific frequency for given step input.
⚫ Find out two port parameters for given passive network and determine existence of
reciprocity and symmetry of the network and also find out over all parameters for series or
cascade connected individual networks.
⚫ Design stable electrical network with the help of poles and zeros.