Voltage Divider

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Electrical Circuit
gptkbp:appliesTo AC circuits
DC circuits
gptkbp:component Passive circuit
gptkbp:consistsOf Resistive elements
Two or more resistors
gptkbp:field Electrical Engineering
Electronics
gptkbp:governingEquation Vout = Vin * (R2 / (R1 + R2))
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Voltage Divider
gptkbp:inventedBy unknown
gptkbp:mayInclude Capacitors
Inductors
Potentiometers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Resistor_Network
Potential Divider
gptkbp:usedFor Producing a voltage that is a fraction of its input voltage
gptkbp:usedIn Biasing transistor circuits
Level shifting
Reference voltage generation
Sensor circuits
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Resistor_Network
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7