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Voltage Divider
Voltage Divider: Output voltage of resistive voltage divider. A DC Circuits formula in electrical engineering. Variables Vₒᵤₜ, Vᵢₙ, R₁ and R₂, each with SI and…
DC Circuits
Specification
- Name
- Voltage Divider
- Discipline
- electrical
- Category
- DC Circuits
- LaTeX
- V_{out} = V_{in} \frac{R_2}{R_1 + R_2}
- Description
- Output voltage of resistive voltage divider
- Can solve for
- Vₒᵤₜ, Vᵢₙ, R₁, R₂
- Tags
- voltage, divider, resistor, ratio
Variables
| Symbol | Name | Unit | Si Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vₒᵤₜ | Output Voltage | V | V |
| Vᵢₙ | Input Voltage | V | V |
| R₁ | Resistance 1 | Ω | Ω |
| R₂ | Resistance 2 | Ω | Ω |
Common questions
- What is the Voltage Divider formula?
- Output voltage of resistive voltage divider. It sits under DC Circuits, Electrical engineering in the EngiRef reference.
- What do the symbols in the Voltage Divider formula mean?
- In Voltage Divider, Vₒᵤₜ is output voltage in V; Vᵢₙ is input voltage in V; R₁ is resistance 1 in Ω; R₂ is resistance 2 in Ω.