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Figure 2-2 and 2-3 show the ground referenced and floating sources with low source impedance
(<100
Ω
).
Figure 2-2.
Ground Referenced Source Signal Connection
Figure 2-3.
Floating Source Signal Connection
For signals with source impedance >100
Ω
, it is important to maintain a balanced source
impedance, which means that both terminals of the source have equal impedance to the signal
source ground. Providing a balanced source impedance is critical to achieving optimal noise
rejection, since any noise pickup will induce a noise voltage common to both conductors, which
can then be rejected by the analog input Programmable Gain Instrumentation Amplifier (PGIA).
Noise pickup in a system with an unbalanced source impedance will induce noise voltages of
different amplitudes on each conductor, which appears as a differential voltage that will be
measured as a signal voltage. Additionally, if the isolation voltage (V
ISO
) is a time varying
voltage or noisy DC source, a balanced source impedance is critical in ensuring that V
ISO
is
common to both inputs, which maximizes the ability of the PGIA to reject V
ISO
. A mismatch in
the source impedance can cause a portion of V
ISO
to appear as a differential voltage between AI+
and AI-.
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