Sulaimani polytechnic university

Engineering technical college

Communication department

Electrical and electronic lab.

First class
2019-2020
Experiment NO.5
Voltage divider
10/12/2019

Prepared by: sarkar salam

Zhyar rzgar
AIM:
1. To understand voltage divider rule practically.
2. To compare between practically and theoretically value.
Apparatus:
1. Card resistor circuits.
2. Set of wires.
3. Personal Computer (PC).

Theory:
the voltage divider rule is a simple and most important electronic circuit, which is
used to change a large voltage into a small voltage. Using just an i/p voltage and
two series resistors we can get an o/p voltage. Here, output voltage is a fraction
of the i/p voltage.
The voltage divider rule is used to solve circuits to simplify the solution. Applying
this rule can also solve simple circuits thoroughly The main concept of this voltage
divider rule is “ The voltage is divided between two resistors which are connected
in series in direct proportion to their resistance. Voltage divider involves of two
important parts they are the circuit and the equation.
here the circuit consists of two resistors connected together in
series: R1, and R2. Since the two resistors are connected in series, it
must therefore follow that the same value of electric current must
flow through each resistive element of the circuit as it has nowhere
else to go. Thus providing an I*R voltage drop across each resistive
element.
With a supply or source voltage, VS applied across this series
combination, we can apply Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, (KVL) and also
using Ohm’s Law to find the voltage dropped across each resistor
derived in terms of the common current, I flowing through them. So
solving for the current (I) flowing through the series network gives
us:

 
The current flowing through the series network is simply I = V/R
following Ohm’s Law. Since the current is common to both resistors,
(IR1 = IR2) we can calculate the voltage dropped across resistor, R2 in
the above series circuit as being:

 
Likewise for resistor R1 as being: