R1
R3
V
I
Solution:
Step 1: Calculation of Rth by deactivating the power sources. Short circuit the voltage source
and open circuit the current source to obtain the following circuit.
R1
R3
R1
R3
ISC
V
I
Converting the current source with a parallel resistor to a voltage source with a series
resistor, we obtain the following circuit.
R3
R1
R2
I2
i1
Isc
V
IR2
(equation 2)
Or,
(equation 3)
=0
ANSWERS:
Ix
20V
4
Isc
20V
6 Ix
-
Ix
Vth
20V
NOTE: We cannot directly find out the thevenin resistance by short circuiting the dependent
voltage source
Q3) Problem is from MIT assignments Circuits and Electronics
URL is http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/assignments/hw2.pdf
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuitsand-electronics-spring-2007/video-lectures/6002_l3.pdf
Two networks, N1 and N2, are described graphically in terms of their iv relations, and
connected together through a single resistor, as shown below.
R=5
+
N2
N1
V1
V2
and
Solution:
Part A
For the network N1 we have from the graph open circuit voltage( ) when current is zero
( i 0 ) as -4V and for the same network short circuit current is (when v 0 ) i SC 2A.Slope
of the graph is
v
2 RTH . But iSC I N 2 A
i
IN1=2A
Rth1=2
IN2=
2A
Rth2=1
Putting these values in the network and drawing the network as below.
V1
R=5
V2
IN2=
2A
IN1=
2A
Rth1=2
Part B
Applying nodal analysis at node 1
v1 v1 v 2
2
2
5
equation (1)
1 1
1
v1 v 2 2
2 5
5
Applying nodal analysis at node 2
v 2 v1 v 2
2
5
1
equation (2)
1 v
v 2 1 1 2
5 5
Rth2=1