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Current Divider Rule

Last updated: October 6, 2016 6:39 am
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It can be quite useful to determine how a current entering two parallel resistors “divides” between them.

Consider the circuit shown below:

Current Divider Rule

We replace the parallel connection of R1   and R2  by its equivalent resistance.

Thus, Ohm’s Law gives:

current-divider-rule-equation

By application of Ohm’s Law again, the current in R1  is i1  = v R1 and thus:

current-divider-rule-formula

Similarly, the current in R2 is :

current-divider-rule-formula-new

These equations describe how the current is divided between the resistors. Because of this, a pair of resistors in parallel is often called a current divider. Note that a larger amount of current will exist in the smaller resistor – thus current tends to take the path of least resistance!

Example:

We want to find the current i in the circuit below:

current-divider-rule-circuit

The total current delivered by the source is:

current-divider-rule-equation-2

Therefore the desired current is:

current-divider-rule-equation-3

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