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Four-terminal sensing

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It is usual to arrange the sense wires as the inside pair, while the force wires are the outside pair. If the force and sense connections are exchanged, accuracy can be affected, because more of the lead resistance is included in the measurement. The force wires may have to carry a large current when
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A variant uses three wires, with separate load and sense leads at one end, and a common wire on the other. Voltage drop in the common wire is compensated for by assuming that it is the same as in the load wire, of the same gauge and length. This technique is widely used in
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connections (voltage leads) are made immediately adjacent to the target impedance, so that they do not include the voltage drop in the force leads or contacts. Since almost no current flows to the measuring instrument, the voltage drop in the sense leads is negligible.
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standard, which includes a remote sense wire connected to the 3.3 V supply line at connector pin 13, but no sense connection for the ground wires.
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Manual for the Racal-Dana Databridge 9343M: "If the resistance value is low, less than 100 ohms, make a four-terminal connection..."
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to make more accurate measurements than the simpler and more usual two-terminal (2T) sensing. Four-terminal sensing is used in some
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Four-point measurement of resistance between voltage sense connections 2 and 3. Current is supplied via force connections 1 and 4.
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in 1861 to measure very low resistances using four-terminal sensing. Each two-wire connection can be called a
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from the measurement. This is an advantage for precise measurement of low resistance values. For example, an
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connections (current leads). These generate a voltage drop across the impedance to be measured according to
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instruction manual recommends the four-terminal technique for accurate measurement of resistance below 100
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measuring very small resistances, and must be of adequate gauge; the sense wires can be of a small gauge.
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Explanatory Video about Four Wire Resistance Measurement in Energy Systems using Kelvin Clamps
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Four-Point Techniques for Measuring Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity
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Separation of current and voltage electrodes eliminates the lead and
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When a Kelvin connection is used, current is supplied via a pair of
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Kelvin clip
references
inline citations
improve
introducing
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electrical engineering
electrical impedance
current
voltage
electrodes
ohmmeters
impedance analyzers
strain gauges
resistance thermometers
sheet resistance
thin films
semiconductor
contact resistance
LCR bridge
ohms
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Kelvin bridge
crocodile clip

Ohm's law
power supplies
current-sensing shunt resistors
resistance thermometers

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