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Potential Divider

Potential Divider

Potential divider is also known as voltage divider.
Its purpose is to be used to obtain any desired( wanted/preferred) smaller portion of voltage from a single source, VT.

 i.e. sometimes we want to use only part of the voltage provided by a battery and in order to get this, we use a potential divider circuit.

Potential divider consists of 2 resistors that are connected to a voltage source.

Diagram 1: Potential Divider 

The basic principle of a potential divider circuit is that the resistors in the circuit act as the divider. The value of the resistance of each resistor  will influence the value of the voltage.

Example/Application in real life:

The rotary type of potentiometer.
(1) We control the volume of the radio by twisting its knob.
(2) We control the fan speed by twisting the 1-2-3-4-5 knob.

Is not it??
So, what we are doing (example 1 & 2) here is we actually controlling the resistance, resulting in the voltage portion.


Thank you,
Mdm Ummi Atiah KMPk
~ May it Benefits You ➽💕

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