1. Basic Circuit Elements
- 1.1. Active Circuit Elements
- 1.2. Passive Circuit Elements
2. Resistance
3. Ohms Law, Power and Energy
4. Series DC Circuits
5. Parallel DC Circuits
6. Series Parallel Circuits
7. Methods of Analysis
8. Network Theorems
9. Capacitors

Current Sources in Series

Electrical Circuit Analysis > Methods of Analysis > Current Sources

The current through any branch of a network can be only single-valued. For the situation indicated at point a in Fig.no.1, we find by application of Kirchhoff's current law that the current leaving that point is greater than that entering—an impossible situation.

Fig.no.1:

Therefore,

current sources of different current ratings are not connected in series,

just as voltage sources of different voltage ratings are not connected in parallel.

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