CLASSIFICATION OF NETWORKS
CLASSIFICATION OF NETWORKS Classification of Network The electrical networks may be classified in a number of ways depending upon following. (i)the kind of elements of which the network is composed of and on the basis of their properties (ii)in terms of the general properties of its responses to excitation applied to its input terminals.Thus,we have linear and non linear networks, time invariant and time variant networks, active and passive networks etc. Linearity: In a linear network, the voltage-current relationship is show by a linear equation. Suppose the network to be classified is under relaxed condition such that the initial condition is zero and an excitation e1(t)is applied for which the response is c1(t)and for excitation e2(t), the response is c2(t).Then the network is classified as linear if for excitation e1(t)+e2(t), the response is c1(t)+c2(t).This shows that a linearity follows superposition principle. Hence,from physical point of view, it ma...