In
electronics, a
voltage divider (also known as a
potential divider) is a
passive linear circuit that produces an output
voltage (
Vout) that is a fraction of its input voltage (
Vin).
Voltage division is the result of distributing the input voltage among the components of the divider. A simple example of a voltage divider is two
resistors connected in
series, with the input voltage applied across the resistor pair and the output voltage emerging from the connection between them.