Current Dividers

• A parallel circuit acts as a current divider

because the current entering the junction of
parallel branches gets divided up into several
individual branch currents.
 Current Dividers
• For a parallel circuit with only two resistors as
in Figure.
  𝐈𝟏

  𝐈𝐓

  𝐈𝟐
 Current Dividers
•  =

= =
= =
 Current Dividers
•  
 Voltage Dividers
• A circuit consisting of a series string of
resistors connected to a voltage source acts as
a voltage divider.
 Voltage Dividers
I
• R
  T = R1 + R2 + R3
+
• I= V1
-
• V1 = IR1 = R1 = VS +
• V2 = IR2 = R2 = VS V2
-
• V3 = IR3 = R3 = VS +
V3
-
 Voltage Dividers
• The
  voltage drop across any resistor or
combination of resistors in a series circuit is
equal to the ratio of that resistance value to
the total resistance, multiplied by the source
voltage.

V n = VS
 Voltage Dividers
Example
Determine the voltage between the following
points in the voltage divider as shown in Figure:
(a) A to B A

(b) A to C
(c) B to D B

D
 Voltage Dividers
•Solution
 
RT = (1 + 8.2 + 3.3) k𝜴 = 12.5 k𝜴
• VAB = VS = 25 V = 2V
• VAC = VS = VS = 25 V = 18.4 V
• VBD = VS = VS = 25 V = 23 V
 Tutorial Questions
1. Find the followings for the given circuit diagram in figure:
(a) The equivalent resistance for each branch and draw the equivalent
circuits diagram.
(b) Calculate the potential drop across each resistor by using voltage division
method.
 Tutorial Questions
2.Determine the voltage drop across each resistor in
figure( by using voltage division )
 Tutorial Questions
3.Determine the current through each resistor in the
circuit in figure.