voltage divider

A number of resistors in series provided with taps at certain points to make available a fixed or variable fraction of the applied voltage, commonly used in the power supplies of electronic devices.

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voltage divider

(Electronics) another name for a potential divider

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volt′age divid`er

a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.

[1920–25]

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voltage divider - resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage

potential divider

potentiometer, pot - a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

resistor, resistance - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

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Each stimulus is inversely summed and Rdiv behaves voltage divider of Vadd.

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Thus this technique requires low pass filter and voltage divider in order to reduce high frequency noise.

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Instead of adjusting the variable resistance to set the voltage in a certain range, the system is designed with a fixed resistance of 300 O and the variable resistance of the pressure sensing transducer forming a voltage divider (JP2 connectors, ref figure 1).

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