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Series and Parallel Resistors
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Source: Yong P. Chen, PhD, Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN This experiment demonstrates how current is distributed in resistors connected in series or parallel, and thus describes how to calculate the total "effective" resistance. Using Ohm's law, it possible to convert between the voltage and current through a resistance, if the resistance is known. For two resistors connected in series, (meaning that they are wired one after the...
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Resistors In Series
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A resistor is an ohmic device that limits the flow of charge in a circuit. Most circuits have more than one resistor. If several resistors are connected together and connected to a battery, the current supplied by the battery depends on the equivalent resistance of the circuit. The equivalent resistance of a combination of resistors depends on both their individual values and how they are connected. The simplest combination of resistors is the series combination. In a series circuit, the...
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Combination Of Resistors
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Electrical devices in any circuit can be connected either by series or parallel connections. Additionally, circuits can be connected involving both of these connections, known as combination or complex circuits. As these circuits have complex resistor connections, it is necessary to identify different parts as either series or parallel connections, then the whole combination of series and parallel resistors can be reduced to a single equivalent resistance. With the known equivalent resistance...
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Resistors In Parallel
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Resistors are in parallel when one end of all the resistors are connected to a continuous wire of negligible resistance and the other end of all the resistors are also connected to one another through a continuous wire of negligible resistance. In the case of a parallel configuration, the potential drop across each resistor is the same. Current through each resistor can be found using Ohm’s law, I = V/R, where the voltage is constant across each resistor. The sum of the individual currents...
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Feedback Inhibition
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Biochemical reactions are occurring constantly in cells, converting starting substances to different products, usually with the help of enzymes that speed the reactions. Without enzymes, it would take far too long for most reactions to occur to be useful to the cell! Since enzymes help control the rate of reactions, their activity is regulated so that appropriate amounts of starting materials, intermediate metabolites, and products are maintained in the cell. Excessive build-up or depletion of...
FAQs
The closed-loop voltage gain is set by the relationship between the feedback resistor and the input resistor, rather than by either resistance alone. Adjusting their ratio changes how much output is returned relative to the applied input, allowing designers to establish a predictable amplification level. This ratio-based behavior makes gain easier to control across circuit designs.
Negative feedback makes circuit behavior depend more strongly on the resistor network and less strongly on the changing characteristics of individual transistors or other devices. Because part of the output is returned to influence an earlier stage, the circuit corrects deviations from its intended response. The resulting closed-loop behavior is therefore more predictable than device-dependent operation.
Selecting a feedback resistor requires balancing several interacting effects: desired gain, available bandwidth, loading, and circuit stability. A value that supports the target gain may still affect how much the circuit loads another stage or how reliably it responds across frequencies. Considering these factors together helps prevent a nominally correct gain from producing unsuitable overall circuit behavior.
A feedback-resistor circuit establishes behavior through an external resistor relationship, especially the ratio between feedback and input resistance. Without that controlling relationship, amplification depends more directly on transistor or other device characteristics, which can vary. The feedback approach shifts design emphasis toward predictable closed-loop performance, making circuit behavior easier to specify and reproduce.
Start by identifying the desired closed-loop voltage gain, then relate that target to the ratio of the feedback resistor and input resistor in the operational amplifier circuit. After selecting compatible resistance values, evaluate the effects on bandwidth, loading, and stability. This procedure connects the intended amplification to practical circuit conditions instead of treating resistor selection as an isolated step.
They are useful when a circuit must modify an electrical signal in a controlled, repeatable way. In suitable amplifier arrangements, the resistor network helps establish the intended gain, while the broader circuit can support signal conditioning or filtering. Designers can therefore use feedback-resistor configurations to tailor signal behavior before later processing stages in an instrumentation or embedded system.
In instrumentation, predictable closed-loop amplification helps circuits process measured signals with behavior set by selected component relationships rather than uncontrolled device variation. Embedded systems can similarly use these networks for signal conditioning and other controlled analog functions. Their relevance comes from combining adjustable circuit response with practical attention to gain, bandwidth, loading, and stability.