Category
page 1Circuit theorems
Ohm's law
relationship between voltage and current across an ideal resistor
Kirchhoff's circuit laws
relations between currents and voltages on sections of any electrical circuit
Thévenin's theorem
theorem in electrical circuit analysis
Norton's theorem
theorem
Y-Δ transform
mathematical technique to simplify the analysis of an electrical network
superposition theorem
theorem in electrical physics providing a relationship between voltages of branches of a bilateral linear circuit
Poynting's theorem
theorem in physics, showing the conservation of energy for the electromagnetic field, expressed in the form of a partial differential equation developed by British physicist John Henry Poynting
equivalent circuit
theoretical circuit that retains all of the electrical characteristics of a given circuit
Tellegen's theorem
Simple relation between magnitudes that satisfy Kirchhoff's laws of electrical circuit theory
Millman's theorem
method to simplify the solution of a circuit
Miller theorem
process of creating equivalent circuits
Hopf bifurcation
critical point where a periodic solution arises
maximum power transfer theorem
theorem results in maximum power transfer, and not maximum efficiency
reciprocity
A significant theorem in classical electromagnetism.
Equivalent impedance transforms
equivalent circuit for impedance networks
port
pair of terminals connecting an electrical network or circuit to an external circuit
Source transformation
process of simplifying a circuit solution