Thevenin Equivalent Circuits Clarkson University（戴维南等效电路克拉克森大学）.pdfVIP

Thevenin Equivalent Circuits Introduction In each of these problems, we are shown a circuit and its Thevenin or Norton equivalent circuit. The Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits are described using three parameters: V , the open oc circuit voltage of the circuit, Isc, the short circuit of the circuit and Rth, the Thevenin resistance of the circuit. Each problem, asks us to determine the value of asked to determine the value of V , oc Isc or Rth . Thevenin equivalent circuits are discussed in Section 5.5 of Introduction to Electric Circuits by R.C. Dorf and J.A Svoboda. Norton equivalent circuits are discussed in Section 5.6. Worked Examples Example 1: The circuit shown in Figure 1b is the Thevenin equivalent circuit of the circuit shown in Figure 1a. Find the value of the open circuit voltage, V and Thevenin resistance, R . oc th Figure 1 The circuit considered in Example 1. Solution: The circuit from Figure 1a can be reduced to its Thevenin equivalent circuit in four steps shown in Figure 2a, b, c and d. A source transformation transforms the series voltage source and 20 Ω resistor in Figure 1a into the parallel current source and 20 Ω resistor in Figure 2a. The current source current is 20 V calculated from the voltage source voltage and resistance as 1 A . After the source