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Electrical Engineering

• Parallel DC Circuits
• Kirchhoff’s Current Law
• Current Divider Rule
• Voltage Sources in Parallel
• Open and Short Circuits
Parallel Resistors (1)

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Parallel Resistors (2)

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Parallel Resistors (3)

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Parallel Resistors (4)
EXAMPLE:
a. Find the total resistance of the networks.

(a) (b)

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Parallel dc Circuits (1)
EXAMPLE: For the parallel network shown,
a. Find the total resistance.
b. Calculate the source current.
c. Determine the current through each parallel branch.

In general,

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Parallel dc Circuits (2)

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EXAMPLE: For the parallel network shown,
a. Find the total resistance.
b. Calculate the source current.
c. Determine the current through each parallel branch.

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EXAMPLE: For the parallel
network,
a. Find the total resistance.
b. Calculate the source current.
c. Determine the current
through each branch.

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Kirchhoff’s Current Law

or

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Example: Determine currents I3 and I4 using Kirchhoff’s current law.

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Example: Determine currents I3 and I5 through applications of
Kirchhoff’s current law.

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Current Divider Rule (1)
Example:

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Current Divider Rule (2)
EXAMPLE: For the parallel network shown, determine current I1

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Deriving the Current Divider Rule

Since the voltage V is the same across parallel elements, the following is true:

Substituting for V in the above equation, we have

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Special Case: Two Parallel Resistors
For the case of two parallel resistors as shown in Fig. 6.42, the total resistance
is determined by

Fig. 6.42

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EXAMPLE: Determine current I2 for the network using the current divider rule.

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Voltage Sources in Parallel

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• If for some reason two batteries of different voltages are placed in
parallel, both will become ineffective or damaged because the battery
with the larger voltage will rapidly discharge through the battery with
the smaller terminal voltage.
• For example, consider two lead–acid batteries of different terminal
voltages placed in parallel as shown. It makes no sense to talk about
placing an ideal 12 V battery in parallel with a 6 V battery because
Kirchhoff’s voltage law would be violated.
• However, we can examine the effects if we include the internal
resistance levels.

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Open and Short Circuits

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Questions?

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