Umm Al-Qura University

College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture

Electrical Engineering Department

CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (I) LAB REPORT

Experiment #7:
Current Divider

Prepared by
441016396 ‫عبدالرحمن ا بو العل ابوالعل جمعة‬
4410065544‫احمد هاشم الزهراني‬
449009418 ‫باسل عبدالرحمن سمران الحربي‬

SECTION #1, TEAM #

Experiment #7:

Current Divider
 441016396 ‫عبدالرحمن ا بو العل ابوالعل جمعة‬
4410065544‫احمد هاشم الزهراني‬
Experiment: #7 449009418 ‫باسل عبدالرحمن سمران الحربي‬
Current Divider

Objectives
1. Become familiar with the procedure of dividing a current to make different current levels.

Equipments and components used

1. DC Power Supply.
2. Digital Multimeters (DMM).
3. Resistors ( 1 k𝛀,2 k𝛀, 3 k𝛀,).

Pre-lab:
The following pre-lab must be completed and submitted before the start of this experiment.
Solve the following exercises.
Tick (✓) for True or () for False.
1. Parallel resistors connected to a voltage source can be used as a Current divider. ✓
2. The current through a current divider is constant through all resistors. 
3. The current division in a current divider depends directly on the ratio of resistance. ✓

Procedures
1. Connect the circuit as Fig. 7.1.
2. Take R1 = 1 k𝛀 and E = 12 V.
3. Measure the total current Is, I1 and I2 for values of R2 = 1 k𝛀,2 k𝛀, 3 k𝛀, 𝟓𝐤𝛀, 𝟏𝟎 𝐤𝛀.

Data presentations

At
I
R1 R2
V

A1 A2

Analysis and discussion

Table 7.1
E R1(k𝛀) R2(k𝛀) Is(mA) I1(mA) I2(mA)
1 6.15 6.1 6.3
2 3.7 4.093 7.9
1
12 3 2.8 3.090 8.91
5 1.8 4.57 9.94
10 1 1.1 10.9