This is a challenging problem to me, so I'd like to make sure my thinking is correct for my way of solving:
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Given the original circuit drawn at the top (in the first link), I am asked to find the voltage vo by using Thevenin's theorem. So the strategy is to find Vth, find Rth, then use voltage division to find vo, i.e. vo = Vth(2) / Rth + 2.
I do normal nodal analysis to find Vth = V2 in the first link.
On the second link I find Rth by replacing the 2ohm resistor by a 1V voltage source, shorting the original voltage source, and do nodal analysis again. In this circuit with the excitation 1v voltage, I know v2 = 1v... so I find out what V1 is... the reason for all of this is because I want to determine what the current through my excitation voltage source is so I can determine Rth by Vs / i1 (labeled in my work). Once I find out what V1 is I do KCL at v2... I'm wondering if the directions of the currents at v2 matters... I said the current coming in from the left into V2 was v1-v2/j2... I calculate i1 (current through excitation Vs) and calculate Rth...
I finally do my voltage division with my Thevenin equiv..
what do you guys think?
Thanks in advance.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/88/imguu.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8479/img0001ty.jpg
Given the original circuit drawn at the top (in the first link), I am asked to find the voltage vo by using Thevenin's theorem. So the strategy is to find Vth, find Rth, then use voltage division to find vo, i.e. vo = Vth(2) / Rth + 2.
I do normal nodal analysis to find Vth = V2 in the first link.
On the second link I find Rth by replacing the 2ohm resistor by a 1V voltage source, shorting the original voltage source, and do nodal analysis again. In this circuit with the excitation 1v voltage, I know v2 = 1v... so I find out what V1 is... the reason for all of this is because I want to determine what the current through my excitation voltage source is so I can determine Rth by Vs / i1 (labeled in my work). Once I find out what V1 is I do KCL at v2... I'm wondering if the directions of the currents at v2 matters... I said the current coming in from the left into V2 was v1-v2/j2... I calculate i1 (current through excitation Vs) and calculate Rth...
I finally do my voltage division with my Thevenin equiv..
what do you guys think?
Thanks in advance.