Thévenin's theorem
English edit
Etymology edit
Derived in 1883 by French electrical engineer Léon Charles Thévenin; however, it had been independently derived in 1853 by German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz.
Proper noun edit
- (electronics) A theorem which states that any electric circuit between two terminals containing only resistors, voltage sources, and current sources can be equivalently replaced with a single voltage source and resistor.