Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering: Unit I: Electrical Circuits

Types of Network Elements

Electrical Circuits

There are two types of circuit elements.Active elements,Passive elements

TYPES OF NETWORK ELEMENTS

There are two types of circuit elements

1. Active elements

2. Passive elements

Active elements:

An independent source which can deliver or absorb energy continuously is called an active element. An ideal voltage and current sources are example for active elements. Fig 1.5 and fig 1.6 shows an ideal voltage and current source respectively.



Passive elements:

Passive elements are capable only of receiving power. Elements like inductor, resistor and capacitor are called passive elements.

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