The difference between voltage and current signals The difference between voltage and current signals Published: 2007-12-5 In industry, voltage 0…5(10)V or current 0(4)…20mA is usually used as a method for analog signal transmission, which is also a method often used by programmable controllers. So what are the differences between voltage and current transmission methods, and when to use which method? The following will briefly introduce this. Voltage signal transmission For example, if an analog voltage signal of 0…5(10)V is transmitted from the sending point to the receiving point through a long cable, the signal may be easily distorted. The reason is that the voltage signal passes through the output impedance of the sending circuit, the resistance of the cable and the contact resistance to form a voltage drop loss. The transmission error caused by this is the sum of the input bias current of the receiving circuit multiplied by the above resistances. If the input impedance of the signal receiving circuit is high resistance, the transmission error caused by the above resistances is small enough and these resistances can be ignored. In order not to increase the cost of the signal sender and to make the mentioned resistances negligible, the signal receiving circuit is required to have a high input impedance. If an operational amplifier OP is used as the input amplifier of the receiver, it is necessary to consider that the input impedance of such an amplifier is usually less than
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