All electronic circuits obey certain fundamental laws.

 

    Ohm's Law     

 

 

• Since resistors dissipate power.

 

    Kirchoff's Voltage & Current Laws  

 

 

• The sum of the voltage drops around a closed circuit is zero.
• The sum of all the currents going into and out of a circuit node is zero.

 

    Faraday's Law of Induction     

 

• This implies that ideal inductors do not dissipate power.

 

    Gauss's Law     

 

• This implies that ideal capacitors do not dissipate power.