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PAE Final Review
Lesson 6: System Noise Lecture Fill Ins
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Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate 1
04/19/2011

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Term

1) _______ grounds are located on the Printed Circuit Board.

 


Definition
Circuit
Term

2) _______ grounds are the most exposed part of a grounding system.

 


Definition
Signal
Term

3) The three main parts of an Earth grounding system are the ________   ________, the _________   __________, and the ________ _________.

 


Definition

grounding electrode          grounding   conductors       

bonding  location

Term

4) The Earth is an _______ circuit to noise currents, and therefore has no means to 'sink' , or absorb system noise.

 


Definition
open
Term

5) A ground loop is a _______ _______ within the grounding system.

 


Definition
closed   path
Term

6) A ground noise current is ___________ current flow on a ground conductor.

 


Definition
unintended
Term

7) The currents flowing on an ___________ signal shield are both intentional and unintentional.

 


Definition
unbalanced
Term

8) Improper wiring may be a source of ground current when there is a ___ ___ reversal, or an improper ___ ___ bond in addition to the bonding location.

 


Definition
  N  G                                         N  G
Term

9) __________ capacitance is an unintentional source of ground current.

 

Definition
Parasitic
Term

10) Loose THIN wires installed in electrical conduit are a source of __________ coupled ground current.

 


Definition
inductively
Term

11) The ______ is neither a source nor a destination for system noise.

 


Definition
Earth
Term

12) __________ ___________ _________ is the mechanism by which ground currents cause noise in unbalanced signals.


Definition
common    impedance   coupling
Term

13) Unintentional ground current flowing through the circuit ground of a circuit board is known as a Pin ___ Problem.

 


Definition
1
Term

 

14) A _______ may be used to expose a Pin ____ Problem by passing a 60 Hz noise current across a signal ground and the chassis ground.

 

 

Definition

hummer ,1


Term

15) Balanced Signals depend on matched __________ of the high and low signal interfaces with respect to ground.

 


Definition
impedance
Term

16 An amplitude that is different across both signal conductors is in ___________ mode, or 'normal' mode.

                                


Definition
differential
Term

17) An amplitude that is the same across both signal conductors is _________ mode.

 


Definition
common
Term

18) C_______ M ________ R_________  is the apparent cancelling of identical voltages by a differential input.

 

Definition
Common     Mode        Rejection
Term

19) Cable shielding effectively blocks ______ fields, but is ineffective at blocking magnetic fields.

 

Definition
electric
Term

20) ________ plugs, or audio signal terminators may be used to diagnose system noise causes based on observable symptoms.

Definition
Dummy
Term

21) Unacceptable ground loop hum may be prevented by changing the  ______ of ground current, the _______ of the ground loop conductors, or the ________ 

______ of the ground loop.


Definition

source 

resistance

closed

path

Term

22) Star Grounding schemes are built around a single ground connection referred to as a ________ ________.

 


Definition
Signal     Wiring
Term

23) Telescoping Grounding schemes solve ground loops with strategically located _______ resistance.

 

Definition
infinite
Term

24) Ground lift cables and switches may not be used for _________ signals because the ground is a return path for current.

            


Definition
unbalanced
Term

25) Grounds associated with ________ cables may be lifted, but you must never tamper with a device Earth (power) ground.

 

Definition
balanced
Term

26) An isolated ground receptacle uses an ________ supply grounding conductor to separate it from other grounding devices and materials.

Definition

insulated

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