• DocumentCode
    1201050
  • Title

    Origins of the equivalent circuit concept: the voltage-source equivalent

  • Author

    Johnson, Don H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of E&CE, Rice Univ., Comp. & Info. Tech. Inst., Houston, Texas
  • Volume
    91
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    636
  • Lastpage
    640
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the development of the voltage-source equivalent circuit. A subsequent paper concerns the current-source equivalent and summarizes the story. The formal roots of equivalent circuits are Ohm´s Law, Kirchoff´s Laws, and the Principle of Superposition.
  • Keywords
    equivalent circuits; history; Kirchoff´s laws; Ohm´s law; history; principle of superposition; voltage-source equivalent circuit; Biographies; Circuit theory; Conductors; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Force measurement; Impedance; Linear circuits; Queueing analysis; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2003.811716
  • Filename
    1199090