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  Potential divider: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The potential divider (or voltage divider) is a setup used in electronics to directly vary the potential difference across components.
The resistance arising from the resistance in the potential divider in parallel with the resistance in the second circuit, resulting from its components, is R
One of the advantages of the potential divider compared to the variable resistor is that whereas variable resistors have a maximum resistance where some current will always flow, dividers are able to vary the current from maximum to practically zero.
www.encyclopedian.com /po/Potential-divider.html   (299 words)

  
 Television apparatus having kinescope spot burn protection circuit with extended grid cut-off time constant - Patent ...
Accordingly, the diode is reverse biased and the kinescope grid is driven to a negative potential.
A potential divider is coupled between the input terminal and a source of ground potential and having an output node for providing the given positive grid bias voltage when the supply voltage is present and for providing a ground level output voltage upon termination of the supply voltage.
The maximum charge on the capacitor 53 and the maximum potential divider output voltage are influenced, to a certain extent, by the source impedance (e.g., resistor 38) of the high voltage switch 30.
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 Potentiometer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Originally the term potentiometer was used to decribe an apparatus used to measure the potential (or voltage) in a circuit by tapping off a portion of a known voltage from a resistive slide wire and comparing it with the unknown voltage by means of a voltmeter or galvanometer.
The word itself derives from the phrase "voltage potential," and "potential" was used to refer to "strength." The original potentiometers are divided into four main classes: the constant resistance potentiometer, the constant current potentiometer, the microvolt potentiometer and the thermocouple potentiometer.
The 'modern' potentiometer can be used as a potential divider (or voltage divider) to obtain a manually adjustable output voltage at the slider (wiper) from a fixed input voltage applied across the two ends of the pot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potentiometer   (1333 words)

  
 Potential divider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The potential divider (or voltage divider) is a setup used in electronics to directly vary the potential difference across components.
The resistance arising from the resistance in the potential divider in parallel with the resistance in the second circuit, resulting from its components, is R
One of the advantages of the potential divider compared to the variable resistor is that whereas variable resistors have a maximum resistance where some current will always flow, dividers are able to vary the current from maximum to practically zero.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Potential_divider.html   (690 words)

  
 potential divider - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about potential divider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
A potential divider is a resistor or a chain of resistors connected in series in an electrical circuit.
When a variable resistor, or potentiometer, is used as a potential divider, the output voltage can be varied continuously by sliding a contact along the resistor.
The potential difference is divided across the two resistors in direct proportion to their resistances.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /potential+divider   (263 words)

  
 Load cell having a thin film strain-inducible element - Patent 4633721
potential divider means whose input is connected to the output of said power supply means and wherein said potential divider means includes a potential divider resistor means wherein the output of said divider means is connected to the input of said differential amplifier means;
The load cell according to claim 1 wherein said divider resistor means includes a plurality of resistors which are adjusted by trimming simultaneously with trimming adjustment of said strain gauges.
A voltage V1 at the junction of R14 and R15 in the potential divider 12 is applied to an input of the comparator Q1, while a voltage V2 at the junction of R13 and R14 in the potential divider 12 is applied to an input of the comparator Q2.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Voltage dividers are also known by the terms resistor divider and potential divider.
A voltage divider is commonly used to set the DC bias of a common emitter amplifier.
A voltage divider is usually thought of as two resistors, but for electronics signals at a given frequency capacitors, inductors, or any combined impedance can be used.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Potential_divider   (576 words)

  
 Intermediate 2 Physics - Electricity
The voltage or potential difference (often referred to as the p.d.) of the supply is a measure of the energy given to the charges in a circuit.
Potential difference (p.d.), or voltage, is measured using a voltmeter which is connected in parallel with the component.
A potential divider is a device or a circuit that uses two (or more) resistors or a variable resistor (potentiometer) to provide a fraction of the available voltage (p.d.) from the supply.
uk.geocities.com /physicsteach2000/int2/electricity/circuits.html   (697 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - potential divider Information
A potential divider is a resistor or a chain of resistors connected in series in an electrical circuit.
When a variable resistor, or potentiometer, is used as a potential divider, the output voltage can be varied continuously by sliding a contact along the resistor.
The potential difference is divided across the two resistors in direct proportion to their resistances.
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 Potential divider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
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Potential divider, either (1) a string of equal resistors mounted on a terminal board, or (2) a rheostat of size 1 kilohm or greater.
In the Cenco apparatus the potential divider consists of eight equal (100 ohm) resistors.
A potential divider may be made of a string of equal resistors.
www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/scenario/labman4/fldmap.htm   (1778 words)

  
 Potentiometer - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
If all three are used, it acts as a variable voltage divider.
A common application for such devices is as a volume control in audio equipment.
It is almost always used in a ganged configuration with a log pot, for instance, in an audio balance control.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Potentiometer   (891 words)

  
 The Open Door Web Site : Technology : Electronics : Variable Potential Divider WITH LOAD
The word "load" in the title means any component which takes a current from the potential divider (in this experiment, the loads are resistors).
This shows that the voltage given by a potential divider circuit in not stable, it varies depending on what is connected to it.
As the current taken from a potential divider increases, the voltage decreases.
www.saburchill.com /tech/electronics/elect005.html   (130 words)

  
 Electronics tutorial - sections 11-15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The potential divider is used to give a reduced voltage.
It divides in the same ratio as the resistors.
There are many formulas relating to the potential divider.
www.ffldusoe.edu /Faculty/Denenberg/Topics/Electronics/Alex_Pounds/Section11-15.htm   (244 words)

  
 Variable potential generating circuit using current-scaling adding type D/A converter circuit in semiconductor memory ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The resistive potential divider circuit has a first node at which a divided potential obtained by resistive division of a variable potential to be output from a variable potential output node appears and a second node to which a virtual potential is applied.
A variable potential generating circuit is used to generate a plurality of different potentials in a semiconductor integrated circuit device and supply the generated potential to an internal circuit.
The variable potential generating circuit is modified so that the lower limit of the variable output potential Vout may be raised in comparison with that of the variable potential generating circuit of the first embodiment and the variable output potential will be changed in the smaller step in a narrow range.
www.patentstorm.us /patents/6061289.html   (7655 words)

  
 Voltage Divider Circuit
For the special case of sinusoidal AC voltages, it is possible to use a transformer to both increase and decrease a given voltage.
The divider should be accurate, use as few components as possible, and should not overheat.
The total power dissipated in the divider is 1.1 watts, which is close enough to the original specification.
www.sdsmt.edu /syseng/ceng/courses/ceng241/notes2/divider.html   (608 words)

  
 Electronics Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
From the potential divider principle, the voltage across the LDR will also be very high.
Voltage (or electrical potential) of the live wire is 230 V in Singapore (or 110 V in the United States).
Applying the potential divider circuit principle, it means the voltage across it is also lesser.
www.xinminss.moe.edu.sg:1285 /physics/physics_tutorial_rm/electronics/electronics_default.htm   (914 words)

  
 I have been assigned the task to test and evaluate a sensor. The sensor I have chosen is a temperature sensor.
This is because it is a potential divider and the potential difference has been divided up between the two resistors in the ratio of their resistances.
This means that a lower value resistor than the thermistor that it is connected with as a potential divider would result in the sensor not being able to resolve small changes in the potential difference, which would mean it would be less sensitive.
The experiments when the value of the variable resistor was much greater than the thermistor produced more accurate results and if used in sensing the temperature of something this potential divider would be able to resolve to a greater degree of accuracy than the one with a smaller value resistor in.
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 Building A Room Divider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
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 Potential Dividers
A potential (or voltage) divider is made up of two resistors.
The output voltage from a potential divider will be a proportion of the input voltage and is determined by the resistor values.
The voltage out of the divider is determined by the resistor values using the equation:
www.dtzone.com /electronics/theory_potential_divider.htm   (225 words)

  
 Dragster Buggy - Relay, Potential divider and the sections of the pcb layout Electronic Products, Electronics basics, ...
Using the diagram produce a project sheet that shows the 3-D view of the potential divider used in the circuit as well as the output component.
Be sure you know how the potential divider controls the current flow in the circuit.
Potential Dividers are fundamental to the study of Systems and Control and Electronic products.
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 sound controlled flip flop/switch circuit diagram
The third op-amp is configured as a level detector whose non-inverting terminal is fed with the amplified and filtered signal available at the output of the second op-amp.
The inverting input of the third op-amp is given a reference voltage from a potential divider consisting of a 10k resistor and a 4.7k preset.
The 100-ohm resistance in series with the potential divider ensures against the mis-triggering of the circuit by noise.
www.electronic-circuits-diagrams.com /audioimages/audiockt9.shtml   (466 words)

  
 Solo Industries Pty. Limited v Robert Bosch Gmbh. [1984] 2 AIPO (7 March 1984)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
18, 20 and 30, as well as the "potential dividers" of the remaining embodiments and this is confirmed by claims 2 and 4 which are appended to claim 1.
The expression "potential divider", as is generally understood and as would be applicable in the context of the present invention would be embracing a pair of resistors (or impedances) connected across a voltage source.
The connecting of a load in parallel with the potential divider, across the voltage source (the latter being voltage induced in the primary winding) would result in current flowing in the two branches, i.e.
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 Potential Divider
A potential (or voltage) divider is made up of two resistors.
The output voltage from a potential divider will be a proportion of the input voltage and is determined by the resistor values.
Obviously a resistor is normally enclosed so you can't tap the voltage off at any point along it, so two resistors are used; the tap point being between these resistors.
www.electronics2000.co.uk /data/itemsmr/potdiv.htm   (205 words)

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