July 19, 2017

UCLA
Electrical Engineering Department
EE100
First Midterm

Last Name:__________________________ First Name:___________________

Instructor: M. Heyrat
Time: 2:00- 4:00 pm

Problems Points

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Problem # 1

Find equivalent resistance between the terminal points a and b of the following circuit.
(7 points)

What would be equivalent capacitor if all resistor are replaced with C. (3 points

R
R b

R R R R

R
R

Above circuit can be reduced to

R
R

R R/2 R

R
R

𝐼 = 𝑖1 + 𝑖2
𝑖1 = 𝑖2 + 𝑖3
{
1
2𝑖2 − 𝑖3 − 𝑖1 = 0 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑝 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒.
2

Solving for 𝑖1 , 𝑖2 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖3 in terms of I we get

5
𝑖1 = 𝐼
8
3
𝑖2 = 𝐼
8
1
{𝑖3 = 4 𝐼

Then we have
11
𝐼 𝑅𝑒𝑞 = 2𝑅𝑖2 + 𝑅𝑖1 ⇒ 𝑅𝑒𝑞 = 𝑅
8
8
b) 𝐶𝑒𝑞 = 11 𝐶
Problem # 2

Find node voltages at A, B, and C for the following circuit. Show reference point
(ground)10points

7

B
A C
2 3
2
3A
7
+
3V
-

(𝑉𝐴 − 𝑉𝐵 ) (𝑉𝐴 − 𝑉𝐶) 9 𝑉𝐴 𝑉𝐵 𝑉𝐶

−3 + + =0 − − − 3 = 0,
2 7 14 2 7
(𝑉𝐵 − 𝑉𝐴 ) (𝑉𝐵 − 3) (𝑉𝐵 − 𝑉𝐶 ) 4𝑉𝐵 𝑉𝐴 𝑉𝐶 3
+ + =0 ⇒ − − − =0
2 2 3 3 2 3 2
(𝑉𝐶 − 𝑉𝐵 ) 𝑉𝐶 (𝑉𝐶 − 𝑉𝐴 ) 13 𝑉𝐶 𝑉𝐴 𝑉𝐵
{ 3
+ +
7 7
=0 { 21 − 7 − 3 = 0

35
𝑉𝐴 = 𝑉 = 11.67𝑉
3
107
𝑉𝐵 = 𝑉 = 7.13𝑉
15
98
{ 𝑉𝐶 = 15 𝑉 = 6.53𝑉
Problem # 3
Find power dissipated in 4 and 6 resistors. Use any method you want. Show your
ground point. 10 points

+ 𝑣0 -

10A 4

2

+ + 2
𝑣 Dependent source
24V 𝑣𝑥 6 3 𝑥
- -

Equations for nodes 𝑣𝑥 and 𝑣1 are

𝑣𝑥 𝑣𝑥 − 𝑣1
−10 + + =0
6 2 𝑣 = 4𝑉
{2 𝑣1 − 24 𝑣1 − 𝑣𝑥 ⇒ { 1
𝑣𝑥 = 18𝑉
𝑣 + + =0
3 𝑥 4 2

𝑣02 202
We have 𝑣0 = 24 − 𝑣1 = 24 − 4 = 20𝑉 ⇒ 𝑃4Ω = = = 100𝑊.
4 4
𝑣𝑥2 182
𝑃6Ω = = = 54𝑊.
6 6
Problem # 4

Find:
a) The Thevenin and Norton equivalents for the following circuit.(8points)
b) The Maximum power can be delivered between these terminals.(2 points)

4 k 3 k
a

10 k

40 k 8mA 10 k
+
30V
-

Since there is no dependent source we can zero all sources and find 𝑅𝑇ℎ

𝑅𝑇ℎ = {[10 + 4)||40] + 3}||10 =

1 3610
𝑅𝑇ℎ = = = 5.72Ω
1 1 631
10 + 1
3+ 1 1
10 + 4 + 40

To find I Norton short the circuit between a and b

Then using node- voltage we get
𝑣1 −30 𝑣 −𝑣
+ 14 2 = 0 𝑣 = 25.43𝑉
10
{𝑣2 −𝑣1 𝑣2 𝑣2 ⇒ { 1
+ −8+ = 0 𝑣2 = 23.60𝑉
4 40 3

23.60𝑉
𝐼𝑇ℎ = 𝐼𝑁 = = 7.87𝑚𝐴
3𝑘Ω
𝑉𝑇ℎ = 𝐼𝑇ℎ 𝑅𝑇ℎ = (7.87𝑚𝐴)(5.72𝑘Ω) = 45𝑉

Maximum power transferred is when 𝑅𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 𝑅𝑇ℎ

𝑉 2 𝑉2 452
𝑃𝑀𝑎𝑥 = 𝑅𝐿 𝐼𝐿2 = (𝑅𝑇ℎ ) (2𝑅𝑇ℎ ) = 4𝑅𝑇ℎ = 4(5.72) = 88.5𝑚𝑊
𝑇ℎ 𝑇ℎ
Problem # 5
Two capacitors C1=200F and C2=300F are individually connected to V1=20volts and
V2=10volts respectively.

a) Find total charge on each capacitor. (1point)

b) Total energy stored in these two capacitors.(1point)

Now we disconnect these capacitors from the respective sources, and connect negative
side of each one to the positive side of the other one.

c) What is the new charge on each capacitor? ( 2 points)

d) Find total final energy. (2 points)

e) If there is any difference between initial and final total energy stored in these
two capacitors, explain the discrepancy.(1 point)

a) 𝑄1 = 𝐶1 𝑉1 = 4𝑚𝐶

𝑄2 = 𝐶2 𝑉2 = 3𝑚𝐶
1 1
b) 𝑈 = 2 (𝑄1 𝑉1 + 𝑄2 𝑉2 ) = 2 [(4𝑚𝐶)(20𝑉) + (3𝑚𝐶)(10𝑉) = 55𝑚𝐽
c) Assume 𝑞1 and 𝑞2 are new charges, since opposite plate are connected to each
other, then we have
𝑞1 + 𝑞2 = |𝑄1 − 𝑄2 | = 1.0 𝑚𝐶
Now both capacitors have the same potential difference.
𝑞1 𝑞 2 5
= 𝐶2 𝑜𝑟 𝑞1 = 3 𝑞2 3𝑞 = 1 𝑚𝐶 ⇒ 𝑞2 = 0.6𝑚𝐶, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞1 = 0.4𝑚𝐶
𝐶 1 2 2

1 𝑞2 𝑞2 1 (0.4𝑚𝐶)2 (0.6𝑚𝐶)2
d) 𝑈𝑓 = 2 (𝐶1 + 𝐶2 ) = 2 { + = 1𝑚𝐽
1 2 200𝜇𝐹 300𝜇𝐹
e) The lost energy is used to redistribute the charges on the plates of the two
capacitors.
 6: In figure below, 𝐿1 = 10𝑚𝐻, 𝑀 = 5𝑚𝐻 and 𝐿2 = 20𝑚𝐻. Find expression for 𝑣1 (𝑡)
and 𝑣2 (𝑡).
(10points)

+ + 1
L1 𝑖2 (𝑡)
L2 = 2 cos(200𝑡) 𝐴
𝑖1 = 10 sin(100𝑡) 𝐴 𝑣1 (𝑡) 𝑣2 (𝑡)
1

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There are different ways to solve this problem

1: we consider the direction as the red one in circuit 2.

In this case, we have 𝑖2 = −2cos(200𝑡)
𝑑𝑖1 𝑑𝑖2
𝑣1 (𝑡) = 𝐿1 −𝑀
{ 𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
𝑑𝑖2 𝑑𝑖1
𝑣2 (𝑡) = 𝐿2 −𝑀
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
𝑣1 (𝑡) = (10𝑚𝐻)[1000 cos(100𝑡)] − (5𝑚𝐻)(400 sin(200𝑡)
{
𝑣2 (𝑡) = (20𝑚𝐻)(+400 sin(200𝑡) − (5𝑚𝐻)(1000 cos(100𝑡)

𝑣1 (𝑡) = [10 cos(100𝑡) − 2 sin(200𝑡)] 𝑉

{
𝑣2 (𝑡) = [8 sin(200𝑡) − 5 cos(100𝑡) ]𝑉

2: we consider the direction as the black one in circuit 2.

In this case we have
𝑑𝑖 𝑑𝑖
𝑣1 (𝑡) = 𝐿1 𝑑𝑡1 + 𝑀 𝑑𝑡2
{ 𝑑𝑖 𝑑𝑖
Here 𝑖2 = 2 cos(200𝑡)
−𝑣2 (𝑡) = 𝐿2 𝑑𝑡2 + 𝑀 𝑑𝑡1

𝑣1 (𝑡) = (10𝑚𝐻)[1000𝑐𝑜𝑠 (100t)] + (5𝑚𝐻)(−400 sin(200𝑡)

{
−𝑣2 (𝑡) = (20𝑚𝐻)(−400 sin(200𝑡)) + (5𝑚𝐻)[1000 cos(100𝑡)]

𝑣1 (𝑡) = [10 cos(100𝑡) − 2 sin(200𝑡)] 𝑉

{
𝑣2 (𝑡) = [8 sin(200 𝑡) − 5 cos(100𝑡)]𝑉
As we can see both ways yield the same answers.