The AC Norton equivalent circuit consists of
aphasor voltage source in parallel with an impedance.
aphasor current source in series with an impedance.
aphasor voltage source in series with an impedance.
aphasor current source in parallel with an impedance.
Maximum power transfer from the source to the load in an AC circuit, when the load is apure
resistance, occurs when the load resistance equals the
magnitude of the imaginary part of the Thevenin (or Norton) impedance.
magnitude of the real part of the Thevenin (or Norton) impedance.
magnitude of the Thevenin (or Norton) impedance.
sum of the real and imaginary parts of the Thevenin (or Norton) impedance.
Once you have determined the Norton equivalent circuit you can analyze the simplified circuit for
the load voltage and current by building the Norton equivalent circuit and
reattaching the load in series with the Norton resistance and analyzing the simplified circuit
for the load voltage and current.
reattaching the load and shorting the Norton source, then analyzing the simplified circuit for
the load voltage and current.
reattaching the load to the original terminals, and analyzing the simplified circuit for the load
voltage and current.
reattaching the load and shorting the terminals, then analyzing the simplified circuit for the
load voltage and current.
An equivalent circuit is needed because an equivalent circuit
is asimplified representation of the original circuit.
is useful when the voltage and/or current is desired when the load is being changed.
results in the same voltage and current performance for aload as the original circuit.