Upon completion of this course, you will
- Know Thevenin's Theorem
- Understand the importance of Thevenin's Theorem
- Be able to use Thevenin's Theorem to find a simple equivalent circuit
- Be able to solve problems using Thevenin''s Theorem
- Understand how to use Thevenin''s Theorem with both independent sources and dependent sources
Part of a Series
The course presented here is a part of a series of courses on the subject of Circuit Analysis. This course assumes that the user has the knowledge presented in the previous courses in the series, or has obtained sufficient background elsewhere.
There are generally two ways to use this series: A user may start at the beginning and work through the entire series, or he may simply choose parts of the series to either refresh his knowledge or to selectively obtain new knowledge.
The series contains two major classifications - AC and DC. The DC courses (or their equivalent) should be mastered first, as many of the AC courses assume a basic knowledge of the DC Circuit Analysis courses. For example, Ohm's Law for an AC circuit is very much like Ohm's Law for a DC circuit and the user should have the knowledge of the DC circuit to understand the AC circuit material on Ohm's Law.
Circuit Analysis Series
DC Circuits, conventional current flow version
Current, voltage, and resistance. 2 hour
Ohm's Law, and power. 1 hour
Series and parallel resistors. 1 hour
Current and Voltage in series circuits. 1 hour
Current and Voltage in parallel circuits. 1 hour
Power. 1 hour
Kirchhoff's Laws. 1 hour
Voltage Divider Rule and Current Divider Rule. 1 hour
Open and short circuits, notation and source resistance. 1 hour
Thevenen's Theorem. 1 hour
Norton's Theorem. 1 hour
Superposition Theorem. 1 hour
Mesh Analysis. 2 hour
Node Analysis. 2 hour
DC Circuits, electron flow version
Same topics as conventional flow version
AC Circuits
Sinusoidal generation and definitions. 1 hour
Sinusoidal general format and phase relationships. 1 hour
Average Value and Effective Value. 1 hour
Complex Numbers and Phasors. 2 hour
Dependent Sources. 1 hour
Mesh Equations with dependent sources. 1 hour
Mesh Equations with independent sources. 2 hour
Node Equations with dependent sources. 1 hour
Node Equations with independent sources. 2 hour
RLC circuit response. 1 hour
Source Conversions. 1 hour
Series and Parallel Circuits. 2 hour
Series and Parallel Networks. 2 hour
Thevenin's and Norton's Theorem. 1 hour
AC Power. 2 hour