Electrical Engineering › Section J · Series, parallel, and series-parallel ac circuits › Topic J.6
Series-parallel ac networks
Real ac networks mix series and parallel connections. No new laws are needed: you reduce the network block by block, find the source current, then work back out with Kirchhoff's laws and the divider rules, all in complex numbers.
In this topic
- Same method, complex numbers
- A plan of attack
- Worked example: reducing the network
- Worked example: working back out
- Power in a series-parallel network
- Ladder networks
- Worked example: a ladder network
- Application: an R-C phase-shift ladder
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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