DocumentCode
1731824
Title
How electronics changed impedance measurements
Author
Hall, Henry P.
Author_Institution
GenRad, Inc., Concord, MA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
Firstpage
2
Abstract
This is a history of commercial instruments that measure impedance from the 1930s to the present day. It concentrates on general-purpose and production-test bridges and meters that measure resistance, capacitance and inductance at low frequencies. It intends to show how electronics has changed these electrical measurements just as it changed all other technologies.
Keywords
bridge instruments; electric impedance measurement; meters; capacitance measurement; electrical measurement; electronics; general-purpose bridges; general-purpose meters; impedance measurements; impedance measuring instruments; inductance measurement; production-test bridges; production-test meters; resistance measurement; Bridge circuits; Capacitance measurement; Electric resistance; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; History; Impedance measurement; Inductance measurement; Instruments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE
ISSN
1091-5281
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8248-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMTC.2004.1350981
Filename
1350981
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