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    This document describes an experiment on voltage divider circuits. The objectives are to analyze circuit behavior with no load and evaluate performance under loading. Students are instructed to construct a voltage divider circuit using resistors and a variable resistor. They will measure the output voltage with no load and varying load resistors, and calculate output voltages to analyze loading effects. Loading causes the output voltage to decrease from the designed value due to voltage drop across the added load resistor in parallel with one circuit resistor. Proper resistor values can minimize this loading effect.

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    This document describes an experiment on voltage divider circuits. The objectives are to analyze circuit behavior with no load and evaluate performance under loading. Students are instructed to construct a voltage divider circuit using resistors and a variable resistor. They will measure the output voltage with no load and varying load resistors, and calculate output voltages to analyze loading effects. Loading causes the output voltage to decrease from the designed value due to voltage drop across the added load resistor in parallel with one circuit resistor. Proper resistor values can minimize this loading effect.

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    NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY

    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

    EEE41L/ETE141L

    Lab 3: Loading Effect of Voltage Divider Circuit


    Objective:
     To analyze how the voltage divider circuit behaves when there is no load resistance
    connected.
     Evaluate the performance of voltage divider circuit due to loading.

    List of Equipment:
     Trainer Board
     DMM
     2 × 560Ω resistors

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     1 × (0-10kΩ) variable resistor

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    Voltage Divider circuit provides a simple way to convert a DC voltage to another lower DC
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    Consider the following voltage divider circuit.
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    The voltage drop across R2 is the output voltage, Vout. Vout is less than Vin because the total
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    Vout by changing the resistance R2. As the value of R2 is changed, it allows the output voltage
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    In Figure 1, there is no output load ( ) connected in parallel to hence we call it a No-Load


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    According to Voltage Divider Rule: (1)

     Say Vin=5v and you need Vout= 3v. How would you set the values of and ?

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    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

    EEE41L/ETE141L

    Choice of resistor value should follow the ratio:

    One possible combination: = 3k

     Now say we connect an output load, in parallel to :

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    Figure 2: With Output Load Connected.

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    So, our Designed value was 3v, but connecting a load resistor reduced it to 2.68v.
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    Design Criteria:

    To minimize the loading effect, choose the load resistor to be much larger than its parallel
    resistor.
    If is much greater than then (parallel combination of ) is
    approximately equal to

    Circuit Diagram:

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    NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY
    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

    EEE41L/ETE141L

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    1. Construct the voltage divider circuit as shown in figure above.

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    resistor and one of the other pins).
    4. Change the value of the variable resistor according to Table 1, and record Vout for each resistor value
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    NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY
    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

    EEE41L/ETE141L

    Data Collection for Lab 3:

    Group No. ________ Instructor’s Signature __________

    Table 1:
    RL Vout Vout %Error
    (Measured) (Calculated)
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    1. Explain the loading effect of your circuit (i.e explain how does your Vout vary with
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    2. Showing all steps in details, theoretically calculate the value of Vout for each load
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