Chapter 2

Basic Circuit Laws

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
  • To state and explain Kirchhoff’s Current Law and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law.
  • To explain the different ways of stating these laws.
  • To illustrate the application of these laws in Circuit Analysis by examples.
  • To introduce Operational Amplifier and to illustrate application of Kirchhoff’s laws in analysis of Operational Amplifier circuits
INTRODUCTION

The electrical devices in an electrical system under quasi-static conditions are modelled by ideal two-terminal elements or multi-terminal elements. The ‘circuit model’ of the system is obtained by interconnecting the elements by means of connecting wires that are assumed to be of infinite conductivity and near-zero cross-sectional area. Interconnecting ...

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