EC/EI 1303 NETWORK THEORY

Module I
Circuit conceptsCircuit elements and networks, classifications; Energy sources- Dependent, independent, ideal and
practical sources; Standard signals and Waveforms periodic and non periodic signals, alternating currents and
voltages, Step function, Ramp function, Impulse function; complex impedance; Methods of Analysing Circuits
Node analysis, Mesh analysis; Source Transformations; Circuit Theorems- Superposition, Thevenins, Nortons,
Reciprocity, Maximum Power Transfer; Resonance Series, Parallel, Q, Bandwidth.

Module II
Transients - DC and sinusoidal response of RL, RC and RLC circuits, Initial and final conditions, Rise and decay of
current, Time constant; Laplace Transforms Laplace transform of important Network functions; Application of
Laplace Transforms in circuit analysis circuit elements in S domain, Transient analysis of RL, RC, and RLC
networks with impulse, step, exponential, pulse and sinusoidal inputs, Transfer function and Impulse function in
circuit analysis; S domain analysis - complex frequency, transform impedance, Significance of poles and zeros,
Restriction of poles and zeros in driving point and transfer functions, Ruth-Hurwitz criteria for stability of Network
functions.

Module III
Characterization of two port networks using different parameters Z, Y, Hybrid and Transmission parameters;
Interconnections of two port Networks Cascade, Series and Parallel, T and representation of two port Networks;
Passive filters Filter fundamentals, Classification of Filters, Characteristic impedance, Transfer function,
frequency response; Design of Constant K - Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass & Band Reject Filters - T and ;
Design of m derived Low Pass and High Pass filters - T and ; Attenuators T and ; Equalizers Series and
shunt.

Module IV
Realizability and Synthesis of passive networks causality, stability, Hurwitz polynomial, Positive real functions,
driving point immitance; Basic Philosophy of synthesis- removal of a pole at infinity, removal of a pole at origin,
removal of conjugate poles, removal of a constant, Impedance and admittance functions, Fosters method, Cauer
method.

References:
1. A. Sudhakar and Shyam Mohan. S. Palli, Circuits and Networks: Analysis and Synthesis, Tata McGraw
Hill, 4/e,2010
2. W H Hayt, J E Kemmerly & S M Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis, Tata McGraw-Hill, 7/e, 2010.
3. D. Roy Choudhury, Networks and systems, New Age International,2/e, 2006
4. Smarajit Ghosh, Network Theory: Analysis and Synthesis, PHI publications, 6/e, 2010
5. Ravish.R.Singh, Electrical Networks, Tata McGraw Hill, 6/e, 2010
6. K Channa Venkatesh and D. Ganesh Rao, Network Theory, Pearson Education, 2/e, 2010.
7. VanValken Berg, Network Analysis, PHI publications, 3/e, 2010.
8. John.D.Ryder, Networks, Lines and Fields, PHI Publications,2/e,2010
9. DeCarlo / Lin, Linear Circuit Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2/e,2005
10. Franklin F.Kuo, Network Analysis and Synthesis ,Wiley India, 2/e, 2011

Type of Questions for University Examination

Q1. Eight short answer questions of 5 marks each with two questions from each of the four modules.
Q2 to Q5 : Two questions A & B of 15 marks from each module with option to answer either A or B.