George Washington University DC Circuits Lab Professor Ahmadi ， Xin Xu ECE 1020

George Washington University

DC Circuits LabProfessor Ahmadi ， Xin Xu

ECE 1020


Outline

DC and AC circuit

Omh’s Law

Equivalent resistance in series and parallel cuicuits

Exercises & Homework


Direct Current (DC) & Alternating Current (AC)

DC: uni-directional movement of electric charges

AC: the direction of the movement of electric charges reverses periodically


Ohm’s Law

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V = I × RQuantifying the relationship between voltage and

current

V voltage, volt (V)

I current, amp (A)

R resistance ohm (Ω)V R

I


An Example

3V = I x 1000 Ω

Solve for I:

I=3V / 1000 Ω = 3milliAmps

3V R = 1K Ω

I = ? Amps

Determine the current using Ohm’s Law

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V = I × R


Resisters in Series

V

R1 I

R2

R3

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V1 = I1 × R1

V2 = I2 × R2

V3 = I3 × R3

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I1 = I2 = I3 = I

Apply Ohm’s Law on each resister

Just one path, currents are equal

Voltage drops can be added up

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Req = R1 + R2 + R3

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V = I1R1 + I2R2 + I3R3 = I(R1 + R2 + R3)

Equivalent resistance


Principles for Resisters in Series

V

R1 I

R2

R3

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Req = R1 + R2 + R3

Current remains same in one circle

Voltage can be added up

Equivalent Resistance equal to sum of all resisters in series


Examples

Online examples for resistances


Resisters in Parallel

V R1

I

R2 R3

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V1 = I1 × R1

V2 = I2 × R2

V3 = I3 × R3

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V1 =V2 =V3 =V

Apply Ohm’s Law on each resister

Current is divided to 3 paths

Voltages are same on each path

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Req =1

1

R1

+1

R2

+1

R3

Equivalent resistance

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I = I1 + I2 + I3 =V1

R1

+V2

R2

+V3

R3

=V × (1

R1

+1

R2

+1

R3

) =V /(1

1

R1

+1

R2

+1

R3

)


Principles for Resisters in Parallel

Voltages remain same in parallel paths

Current can be added up

V R1

I

R2 R3

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Req =1

1

R1

+1

R2

+1

R3


Examples



Combined

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Req =1/(1

R2

+1

R3

)

Find equivalent resistance for parallel resistances

V

R1

I

R2 R3

V

R1

I

Req

Solve the serial circuit

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V = I × (R + Req )


Examples



Exercises


Exercises – Ohm’s Law

Given a circuit with a power source V = 9V,find the loop current if the resistance is 100 Ohm

Find the loop current by hand, and then build the circuit using the online interactive simulator

What is the current if the resistance is doubled

What is the current if the resistances is reduced by 50%

What is the current if the voltage is doubled?

What is the current if the voltage is reduced by 50%

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V = 9V ,R1 =100Ω,I = ?


Exercises - series

Given a circuit with a power source V = 12V,find the loop current if resistances are in series

Find the loop current by hand, and then build the circuit using the online interactive simulator

What is the loop current if all resistances are doubled

What is the loop current if all resistances are reduced by 50%

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R1 = 300Ω,R2 =150Ω,R3 = 600Ω


Exercises - parallel

Given a circuit with a power source V = 12V,find the loop current I if 2 resistances are connected in parallel

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R1 =100Ω,R2 =100Ω

V=12V R1 R2

Find the current I by hand, and then build the circuit using the online interactive simulator

What is the current I if all resistances are doubled?

What is the current I if all resistances are reduced by 50%

I = ?


Exercises - parallel

Given a circuit with a power source V = 12V,find the loop current if 3 resistances are connected in parallel

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R1 =100Ω,R2 =100Ω,R3 =100Ω

V R1 R2 R3

Find the current I by hand, and then build the circuit using the online interactive simulator

What is the current I if all resistances are doubled

What is the current I if all resistances are reduced by 50%

I = ?


Exercises – series/parallel

Given a circuit with a power source V = 5V,find the loop current I if R1, R2 are connected in parallel, and then connected to R3 in series

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R1 =100Ω,R2 =100Ω,R3 = 50Ω

V

R3

R1 R2

Find the current I by hand

Build the circuit using the online interactive simulator to verify your results

I = ?



Given a circuit with a power source V = 5V,find the loop current if R1, R2, R3 are connected in parallel, and then connected to R4 in series

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R1 = 300Ω,R2 = 300Ω,R3 = 300Ω,R4 =100Ω

V R1 R2 R3

R4

Find the loop current I by hand


I = ?



Find the loop current I by hand, and then build the circuit using the online interactive simulator

V

R1

I = ?

R2

R3 R4

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V = 9V

R1 = 200Ω,R2 = 50Ω

R3 = 600Ω,R4 = 300Ω


Homework

Find the loop current I, and voltage and current for each resistor


V

R1

R2

R3 R4

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V = 9V

R1 =100Ω,R2 =100Ω

R3 = 200Ω,R4 = 400Ω

I = ? €

V1,I1;V2,I2;V3,I3;V4,I4

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George Washington University DC Circuits Lab Professor Ahmadi ， Xin Xu ECE 1020