output impedance

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meaningsofoutputandimpedance

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output
noun[U]
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/ˈaʊt.pʊt/us
/ˈaʊt.pʊt/
an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, ...
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impedance
noun[U]
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/ɪmˈpiː.dəns/us
/ɪmˈpiː.dəns/
the total resistance of electrical equipment to ...
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That is, the system has lowoutputimpedancein both the low- and high-frequency range.
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Theoutputimpedancereaches the maximum value around the system high cutoff frequency.
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In contrast, modern transistor amplifiers can have very lowoutputimpedance, enabling lower impedance headphones.
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One half is impedance-scaled to the input impedance and the other is scaled to theoutputimpedance.
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The second measure is theoutputimpedanceof the current source or equivalently its inverse, the output conductance.
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Theoutputimpedanceof the pair is now halved.
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Such a theoretical device would have a zero ohmoutputimpedancein series with the source.
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Valve outputs require an output transformer to match the very highoutputimpedanceand voltage of the output valves to this lower impedance.
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A generator with very highoutputimpedanceis effectively a temperature sensor, not a generator.
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One can however measure its input oroutputimpedance.
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This reduces their gain, but improves their linearity, input impedance,outputimpedance, and bandwidth, and stabilises all of these parameters, including the closed-loop gain.
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Amplifiers are not ideal; they also have someoutputimpedancethat limits the amount of power they can provide.
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More importantly, lowoutputimpedancecan reduce distortion by improving the control that the source has over the transducer.
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A power amplifier may have a rated impedance of 8 ohms, but the actualoutputimpedancewill vary depending on circuit conditions.
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Because theoutputimpedanceof the op-amp is very low, it drives the load as if it were a perfect voltage source.
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Consequently, newer amplifiers are based on designs with relatively lowoutputimpedance.
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Well-designed amplifiers have lowoutputimpedanceso that this generated signal has little effect on the amplifier.
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A group of a transistors parameters sufficient to predict circuit gain, input impedance, andoutputimpedanceare components in its small-signal model.
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Their highoutputimpedancematched the high input impedance (typically about 10 megohms) of the vacuum tube input stage well.
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The actualoutputimpedancefor most devices is not the same as the ratedoutputimpedance.
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