Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

ESC 201A: Introduction to Electronics

11 August, 2014
Home Assignment 2
1. Use the super-mesh concept to determine the power supplied by the 2.2 V source of Fig. 1

2
4.5 A

i2

i1

5V

2.2 V
3

9
i4

2A

4
i3

3V
Fig. 1

2. (a) Find VX in the circuit of Fig. 2a if the element A is short circuited.

10

80 V

30 V
+

20
A

+
VX

30

40
-

Fig. 2a
(b) Determine the Thevenin Equivalent voltage and resistance across terminals a and b of the
network shown in Fig. 2b

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ESC 201A: Introduction to Electronics

5V

a
+

20

19

Vx

5 Vx

Fig. 2b

3. Using Superposition & Thevenin's theorems, determine the value of IS which would make the
output voltage V0 = 0 volts for any value of the load resistance RL in the circuit of Fig. 3

12 K
24 K

12 K

IS

24 K

6V

RL

+
V0
-

Fig. 3

4. In Fig. 4 find the AC and DC Thevenin's equivalent circuits at AB, and thereby find the
resulting output V0(t).

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1K
2K
I1
2mA

0.5 K

1.5 K
B

1K
V3

2cos(300t)

V2
2V

V1
5V

Fig. 4

5. In the circuit of Fig. 5, determine the maximum positive current to which the source IX can be
set before any resistor exceeds its power rating and overheats.

100

W
64

6V

Ix

Fig. 5
6. Ideal current source has infinite resistance. However a practical current source can be
constructed by a voltage source in series with large resistance. Design a practical current source
using a battery of 12 V to supply a load current of 1A for any load resistance between 0 and
10K.

7. Find the Norton equivalent for the circuit shown in Fig. 6

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200

a
i

Vab

2V

5i

+
-

20

Fig. 6

8. The circuit shown in Fig. 7 is equivalent circuit of an amplifier. Assume that voltage source is
a microphone and load resistance is a loudspeaker. Use Thevenin's theorem to find a suitable
value for load resistance RL such that maximum power is transferred to it.

0.5K

VS

0.5K

+
V
-

0.1V

1K

100K

RL

Fig. 7
9. If the noise in a 5 V voltage line and ground for a five volt circuit is of the order of 10 mV,
for a first order system, how many time constants will you wait to be sure you reached the
practically achievable final steady state values.

10. A capacitor is connected to a constant ideal voltage supply (VS) through a resistor of
resistance R.
(a) Show that the energy dissipated in the resistor is independent of the value of the resistor.
(b) What role does the resistor play in the charging of the capacitor.

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(c) If the capacitor of capacitance C is charged from an initial voltage of Vi to Vf, what is the
energy drawn from the supply voltage? What is the additional energy stored in the capacitor due
to this charging?

11. In Fig. 8 the switch is closed at t=0, obtain current 'i' and capacitor voltage VC for t>0.

10
t=0
50 V

i
10

Fig. 8

2F

+
Vc
-