Network Theory
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The official GTU curriculum for Network Theory (subject code BE03000161) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 3 divides the course into 11 units, covering 23 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE03000161)Unit 1 Circuit Variables and Circuit Elements and Sources
- Potential and Potential Difference
- Current and Current Density
- Ideal and Practical Voltage and Current Sources
- Conversion from one source into other
- Internal Impedance of voltage and current source relative to load
- Two-terminal Capacitance – Two terminal Inductance- Independent and Dependent Electrical Sources –Power and Energy Relations for Two-terminal Elements – Classification of Two-terminal Elements – Multi-terminal Circuit Elements
- Dot Convention
Unit 2 Nodal Analysis and Mesh Analysis of resistive Circuits
- Nodal Analysis of Circuits Containing Resistors and Independent and Dependent Sources – Source Transformation Theorem for circuits with independent sources – Source Transformation Theorem for circuits with Dependent sources –Nodal Analysis of Circuits Containing Dependent Sources - Mesh Analysis of Circuits with Resistors containing Independent Voltage Sources - Mesh Analysis of Circuits Containing Dependent Sources
Unit 3 Circuit Theorems and Their Applications in Electric Networks
- Linearity of a Circuit and Superposition Theorem-Substitution TheoremCompensation Theorem - Thevenin's Theorem and Norton's Theorem - Determination of Equivalents for Circuits with Dependent Sources -Reciprocity Theorem - Maximum Power Transfer Theorem - Millman's Theorem-Duality Theorem- Duality between Electricity and Magnetism
Unit 4 Time domain response of First order RL and RC circuits
- Mathematical preliminaries – Source free response –DC response of first order circuits – Superposition and linearity – Response Classifications – First order RC Circuits
Unit 5 Time domain response of Second order linear circuits
- Discharging of a Capacitor through an inductor – Source free second order linear networks – second order linear networks with constant inputs
Unit 6 Initial conditions
- Initial conditions in elements
- procedure for evaluating initial conditions
- Solution of circuit equations by using Initial Conditions
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Subject Code: BE03000161 Subject Name: Network Theory
Unit 7 Laplace Transform Analysis and Circuit Applications
- Notions of Impedance and Admittance – Manipulation of Impedance and Admittance- Notions of Transfer Function- Equivalent circuits for inductors and capacitors – Nodal and Loop analysis in the s-domain – Switching in RLC circuits- Switched capacitor circuits and conservation of charge
Unit 8 Laplace Transform Analysis and Transfer Function Applications
- Zeros and the s-plane- Classification of Responses – Computation of sinusoidal steady state response for stable networks and systems
Unit 9 Two –Port Networks
- One port networks – Two port admittance Parameters (y parameters)– Admittance parameters analysis of terminated two- Port networks - Two port impedance parameters (z- parameters) –Impedance and Gain calculations of terminated twoPort networks modeled by z-parameters – Hybrid parameters (h para)– Inverse Hybrid Parameters (g-para)- Transmission parameters (ABCD parameters)- Scattering parameters(S parameters)-Scattering Transfer parameters(T parameters) –reciprocity- Various Combinations of Two-Port network
Unit 10 Introduction to Network Topology
- Linear Oriented Graphs (Connected Graph
- Subgraphs and Some Special Subgraphs) - The Incidence Matrix of a Linear Oriented Graph -Kirchhoff's Laws in Incidence Matrix Formulation - Nodal Analysis of Networks – The Circuit Matrix of a Linear Oriented Graph- Kirchhoff's Laws in Fundamental Circuit Matrix Formulation - Loop Analysis of Electrical Networks – ( Loop Analysis of Networks Containing Ideal Dependent Sources- Planar Graphs and Mesh Analysis –Duality)- The Cut-set Matrix of a Linear Oriented Graph ( Cut-sets - The All cutset matrix - Orthogonality relation between Cut-set matrix and Circuit matrix - The Fundamental Cut-set Matrix of - Relation between of, A and Bf) - Kirchhoff's Laws in Fundamental Cut-set formulation - Tie set -Tie set Matrix (F-loop matrix)- Tie set schedule
Unit 11 Introduction to Passive Network Synthesis
- Introduction of Hurwitz Polynomial
- Positive Real Function (PRF)
- Elementary Synthesis Procedure