Equivalent circuitIn electrical engineering, an equivalent circuit refers to a theoretical circuit that retains all of the electrical characteristics of a given circuit. Often, an equivalent circuit is sought that simplifies calculation, and more broadly, that is a simplest form of a more complex circuit in order to aid analysis. In its most common form, an equivalent circuit is made up of linear, passive elements. However, more complex equivalent circuits are used that approximate the nonlinear behavior of the original circuit as well.
Network analysis (electrical circuits)In electrical engineering and electronics, a network is a collection of interconnected components. Network analysis is the process of finding the voltages across, and the currents through, all network components. There are many techniques for calculating these values; however, for the most part, the techniques assume linear components. Except where stated, the methods described in this article are applicable only to linear network analysis.
Equivalent impedance transformsAn equivalent impedance is an equivalent circuit of an electrical network of impedance elements which presents the same impedance between all pairs of terminals as did the given network. This article describes mathematical transformations between some passive, linear impedance networks commonly found in electronic circuits. There are a number of very well known and often used equivalent circuits in linear network analysis. These include resistors in series, resistors in parallel and the extension to series and parallel circuits for capacitors, inductors and general impedances.
Méthode des maillesMesh analysis (or the mesh current method) is a method that is used to solve planar circuits for the currents (and indirectly the voltages) at any place in the electrical circuit. Planar circuits are circuits that can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing each other. A more general technique, called loop analysis (with the corresponding network variables called loop currents) can be applied to any circuit, planar or not.
Lois de Kirchhoffthumb|upright=.5|Portrait de Gustav Kirchhoff, qui a établi les lois portant son nom en 1845. Les lois de Kirchhoff expriment la conservation de l'énergie et de la charge dans un circuit électrique. Elles portent le nom du physicien allemand qui les a établies en 1845 : Gustav Kirchhoff. Dans un circuit complexe, il est possible de calculer les différences de potentiel aux bornes de chaque résistance et l'intensité du courant continu dans chaque branche de circuit en appliquant les deux lois de Kirchhoff : la loi des nœuds et la loi des mailles.
