In electronics, a voltage divider (also known as a potential divider) is a passive linear circuit that produces an output voltage (Vout) that is a fraction...
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voltage divider is used to satisfy Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL). The voltage around a loop must sum up to zero, so the voltage drops must be divided...
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Bipolar transistor biasing (redirect from Voltage divider bias)
for example, bandgap voltage references and current mirrors. The voltage divider configuration achieves the correct voltages by the use of resistors...
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non-inverting (Q1 emitter) inputs. The input voltage is applied to the inverting input; the output voltage of the voltage divider is applied to the non-inverting input...
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resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as...
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Test probe (redirect from High voltage probe)
like a resistive divider; at higher frequencies (resistance much greater than reactance), the circuit looks like a capacitive divider. The result is a...
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how the chip is implemented: Voltage divider: Between the positive supply voltage VCC and the ground GND is a voltage divider consisting of three identical...
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Linear regulator (redirect from Linear voltage regulator)
voltage output. The regulating circuit varies its resistance, continuously adjusting a voltage divider network to maintain a constant output voltage and...
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Kirchhoff's voltage law Mesh analysis Power cable Voltage divider Voltage droop "Voltage drop - maximum, determination, calculation of voltage drop". Archived...
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non-linearized VCR design, the voltage-controlled resistor, the LSK489C JFET, is used as a programmable voltage divider. The VGS supply sets the level...
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Capacitive sensing (section Voltage divider)
technique is to apply a fixed-frequency AC-voltage signal across a capacitive divider (a voltage divider that uses capacitors instead of resistors)....
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Cambridge University Press, 1992 ISBN 0-521-37769-2, pp. 11-13 Dependent source Bandgap voltage reference Voltage divider Voltage reference Voltage regulator...
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TL431 (section Current–voltage relationship)
three-terminal adjustable precise shunt voltage regulator. With the use of an external voltage divider, a TL431 can regulate voltages ranging from 2.495 to 36 V,...
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Resistor (section Voltage Divider)
resistors are used to reduce current flow, adjust signal levels, to divide voltages, bias active elements, and terminate transmission lines, among other...
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extremely accurate measurements (in contrast with something like a simple voltage divider). Its operation is similar to the original potentiometer. The Wheatstone...
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and linearity of 0.1 ppm (1 in 10 million). The conventional voltage divider (Kelvin divider) uses a tapped string of resistors connected in series. The...
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current if the voltage at its inverting input drops below the output of the voltage reference at the non-inverting input. Using the voltage divider (R1, R2 and...
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Electric power transmission (redirect from High-voltage lines)
are in series with no intervening transformer, the circuit acts as a voltage divider, because the same current I = V R + R C {\displaystyle I={\frac {V}{R+R_{C}}}}...
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frequency, and a voltage transformer to isolate and further step down the voltage for metering devices or protective relay. The tuning of the divider to the line...
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Sheet resistance SI electromagnetism units Thermal resistance Voltage divider Voltage drop The resistivity of copper is about 1.7×10−8 Ω⋅m. For a fresh...
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Multimeter (redirect from Burden voltage)
external high-resistance probes which form a voltage divider with the input resistance to extend voltage range up to tens of thousands of volts. High-end...
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the source of the unknown voltage. Since the reference voltage can be produced from an accurately calibrated voltage divider, a potentiometer can provide...
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Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points...
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Voltmeter (redirect from Voltage meter)
Multimeter Ohmmeter Potentiometer (measuring instrument) Solenoid voltmeter Voltage divider Measurement category Markoff, John (5 Sep 2014). "Andrew Kay, Pioneer...
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Operational amplifier (section Voltage amplifier)
amplifier on the right, the presence of negative feedback via the voltage divider Rf, Rg determines the closed-loop gain ACL = Vout / Vin. Equilibrium...
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Series and parallel circuits (section Voltage)
partial order Series and parallel springs Topology (electrical circuits) Voltage divider Wheatstone bridge Y-Δ transform Resnick, Robert; Halliday, David (1966)...
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Power supply (redirect from Voltage rail)
connector and is also applied to a voltage divider that converts it to a low-voltage metering signal compatible with low-voltage circuitry. The metering signal...
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Diode logic (section Logic voltage levels)
pull-up/down resistor form a voltage divider that weakens voltage levels. This decreases high voltages in OR gates and increases low voltages in AND gates. Thus...
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Impedance bridging (redirect from Voltage bridging)
load impedance ZL in the illustration), these two impedances form a voltage divider: V L = Z L Z S + Z L V S . {\displaystyle V_{L}={\frac {Z_{L}}{Z_{S}+Z_{L}}}V_{S}\...
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oscillator is that the feedback for the active device is taken from a voltage divider made of two capacitors in series across the inductor. The Colpitts...
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