Stream: B-Tech.

(Electrical Engineering)
Subject: Circuit & Network
Semester: III
Syllabus
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NAME OF
THE UNIT

PRACTICAL SESSION
TOPICS/CASE STUDY TOPICS

Electromotive Force, Potential and

Voltage, Active and Passive
Elements, Classification of Voltage
sources and current sources,
Kirchhoffs law-KVL & KCL,
Mesh analysis, Nodal analysis,
Thevenins theorem, Nortons
theorem, Superposition theorem,
Maximum
power
transfer
theorem ,Millimans theorem,
Reciprocity theorem.
Transients in RL, RC and RLC
circuits, initial conditions, time
constants, networks driven by
constant driving sources and their
solutions.
Concepts of phasor and vectors,
impedance and admittance. Node
and mesh analysis of RL, RC and
RLC networks with sinusoidal and
other driving sources. Resonance
Circuits.

1. To verify Kirchhoffs voltage law

and Kirchhoffs current law.
2. Find different Node voltage using
nodal analysis as a tool.
3. Verification
of
principle
of
superposition with dc and ac sources.
4. Verification
of
principle
of
Thevemins theorem with dc and ac
sources.
5. Verification of principle of Nortons
theorem with dc and ac sources.

Introduction to
Circuit Elements
and Network
Theorems

Transient
analysis

Steady state
analysis

THEORETICAL SESSIONS

Laplace
Transform
Analysis: Circuit
Applications

Laplace

6. Determination of transient response

of current in RL and RC circuits with
step voltage input.
7. Determination of transient response
of current in RLC circuit with step
voltage input for under damp,
critically damp and over damp case.

Notions of Impedance and 8. Determination of frequency response

of current in RLC circuit with
Admittance Manipulation of
sinusoidal ac input.
Impedance
and
AdmittanceNotions of Transfer FunctionEquivalent circuits for inductors
and capacitors Nodal and Loop
analysis in the s-domain
Switching in RLC circuitsSwitched capacitor circuits and
conservation of charge

Poles, Zeros and the s-planeClassification of Responses

Computation of sinusoidal steady
state response for stable networks
and systems.

Characterization of LTI two port 9. Determination of z and h parameters

(dc only) for a network and
networks ZY, ABCD and h
computation of Y and ABCD
parameters,
reciprocity
and
parameters.
symmetry.
Inter-relationships
between the parameters, inter- 10. Determination of driving point and
transfer functions of a two port
connections of two port networks,
ladder network and verify with
Ladder and Lattice networks. T &
theoretical values.
representation.
11. Verification of parameter properties
in
inter-connected
two
port
networks: series, parallel and
cascade also study loading effect in
cascade.

Network Graph
Theory

12. Determination of frequency response

Graph of a Network, definitions,
of a Twin T notch filter.
tree, co tree , link, basic loop and 13. To
determine
attenuation
basic cut set, Incidence matrix, cut
characteristics of a low pass / high
set matrix, Tie set matrix Duality,
pass active filters
Loop and Node methods of
analysis

Transform
Analysis:
Transfer
Function
Applications
4

Two Port
Networks

Text Books:
1. B.S.Manke, Linear Control Systems, Khanna Publications.
2. A. Chakraborti Circuit theory, Dhanpat Rai Publivations.
3. M.E. Van Valkenburg, Network Analysis, PHI Publication
References:
1. F.F.Kuo, Network Analysis,
2. Mittal GK; Network Analysis; Khanna Publications.
3. Mesereau and Jackson; Circuit Analysis- A system Approach; Pearson.
4. Sudhakar & Pillai; Circuit & Networks- Analysis and Synthesis; TMH.
5. Hayt W.H. & J.E. Kemmerly; Engineering Circuit Analysis; TMH.
6. Decarlo lin; Linear circuit Analysis; Oxford University Publications.
7. William D Stanley: Network Analysis with Applications, Pearson Education.
8. Roy Choudhary D; Network and systems; New Age Pub
9. Charles K. Alexander & Matthew N.O. Sadiku,Electrical Circuits; TMH
10. B.Chattopadhyay & P.C.Rakshit; Fundamental of Electrical circuit theory; S Chand
11. Nilson & Riedel, Electric circuits; Pearson