
30 Network Analysis and Synthesis
2. While moving from positive terminal of the battery towards the negative terminal, the volt-
age is considered negative.
3. While moving from negative terminal of the battery towards the positive terminal, the volt-
age is considered positive.
These sign conventions have to be followed in formulating the voltage equations for the various
loops in an electric circuit.
We shall now discuss the analysis of circuits using the Kirchhoff’s laws. We will illustrate
separately the mesh analysis method and node analysis method.
2.2 MESH ANALYSIS
A mesh is a closed path in a circuit. However, there may be a number of ...