NETWORK THEORY:

Credits	Periods			Exam Hrs.	Sessional Marks	Exam Marks	Total Marks
	Theory	Tutorial	Lab
4	3	1	-	3	30	70	100

 1. Analysis of DC Circuits: 
Active Elements, passive Element, Reference Directions for current and voltage, 
Kirchoffs Laws, Voltage and Current Division Nodal Analysis, MESH Analysis, 
Linearity and superposition, Thevinin’s and Norton’s Theorem, Source 
Transformation. 


2. DC Transients: 
Inductor, Capacitor, Source free RL, RC  and RLC Response, Evaluation of Initial 
conditions, application of Unit-step Function to RL, RC and RLC Circuits, Concepts 
of Natural, Forced and Complete Response. 
3. Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis: 
The Sinusoidal Forcing Function, Phasor Concept, Average and Effective values of 
Voltage and Current, Instantaneous and Average Power, Complex Power, Steady 
State Analysis Using Mesh and Nodal Analysis, Application of Network Theorems 
to AC Circuits, Balanced 3-phase circuits, Resonance, Concept of Duality. 


4. Coupled Circuits: 
Magnetically Coupled Circuits, Dot Convention, Y, Z, H, T – Parameters of Two – 
Port Networks, Reprocity Theorem. 


5. Laplace Transform Techniques: 
Transforms of Typical Signals, Response of Simple Circuits to Unit – Step, Ramp and 
Impulse Functions, Initial and Final Value Theorem, Convolution Integral, Time 
Shift and Periodic Functions, Transfer Function. 


Text Books :
1. Engineering Circuit Analysis, Willam H. Hayt Jr., and Jack E. Kemmerly, 5th
Edition, McGraw Hill. 
2. Network Analysis, M. E. Vanvalkenburg, 3rd
 Edition, PHI.