Voltage Divider Circuit
A voltage divider is a circuit that scales ("divides") an input voltage. A voltage divider can be made of resistors, but can also be made from capacitors and inductors in AC circuits. Voltage dividers are lossy, passive circuits which cannot add gain to a circuit. This means that a voltage divider will never produce a voltage higher than its input. In this article the non-idealities of a voltage divider circuit are discussed along with the mathematical formulas to aid in calculations. Additionally, a python utility for ratio determination is shown to assist in expediting designs.
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