Syllabus

Subject: Network Analysis and Synthesis

Course Objectives:

1.          To understand the concept of circuit elements lumped circuits, waveforms, circuit laws and network reduction.
2.          To analyze circuits using the node-voltage method and the mesh-current method.
3.          To analyze RL, RC and RLC circuits - step and natural response.
4.          To apply the Laplace transform in circuit analysis and transform circuits using Thevenin and Norton equivalents.
5.          To determine the response to any excitation and to identify and use transfer functions in circuit analysis.

UNIT- I Formulation of network equations, solution of first order differential equations, initial conditions in networks and network solution with Laplace transformation, step, ramp and impulse functions, initial and final value theorem.

UNIT-II Transform impedance and transform circuits, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem, discrete and continuous spectrum, relation and Laplace transforms, poles and zeros with restrictions for driving point functions and transform functions.

UNIT- III Two port parameters(z,y,h,g,Transmission parameters), Interrelation between z, y, g, h, ABCD parameters, Reciprocity & Symmetry, cascade, series, parallel and series-parallel connections of Two port Networks, Barletts bisection Theorem.

UNIT-IV Identification of network synthesis and positive real function (PRF), properties of PRF, testing of driving point functions, even and odd function, one terminal pair network driving point synthesis with LC, RL and RC elements, Foster-I & II and Cauer-I & II form.

UNIT-V Low pass filters, high pass filters, band pass filters, band reject filters, Gain equalizer and delay equalizers, mderived filters, constant k-filters, design of filters.

Reference Books:

1.       “Engineering Network Analysis and synthesis and filter design”, G.G Bhise, P.R. Chadha and D. C. Kulshreshtha, Umesh Publications.
2.        “Network Analysis and Synthesis”, C. L. Wadhwa, New Age Publications.
3.        “Network Analysis and Synthesis”, M. E. Van Valkenburg, PHI Publications.
4.        “Network Analysis and Synthesis”, 2nd Ed, Franklin F. Kuo, Wiley India
5.        “Circuit theory”, Kuriakose-PHI Learning Pbs.

Course outcomes:

1.       Students will be able to analyze circuits using Kirchhoff's laws and design and conduct experiments using various elements, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

2.       To develop the ability of understanding the application of network theorems in reducing complicated networks to simpler ones.

3.       Students should have the ability to demonstrate the application of Fourier transform and Laplace transform in networks.

4.       Explain and analyze the different types of network functions.

5.       To understand the different parameters of one port and two port networks.

6.       Derive interrelationship between various parameters.

7.       Analyze the stability of network function and interpret time domain behavior of networks from pole zero plots of network function.

8.       To develop the ability to identify and synthesize the impedance functions using various techniques of synthesis.