The development of a new method of circuit analysis in ladder networks

IT IS the purpose of this paper to present a method of circuit analysis which is simpler in form and can be more readily adapted to calculation than that of the conventional loop-voltage and nodal-current analyses. The method presented here is developed specifically for application to networks composed of L-sections in tandem. It is desired that relations between any two voltages in the circuit be obtained from inspection of the circuit; also, that similar relations be obtained for any two loop currents. Since the approach to the development of the method is purely empirical, the conclusions are drawn inductively. The results are derived directly through the use of Maxwell and Kirchoff rules of circuit analysis.1, 2