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What happens to the overall accuracy of a resistor if I implement it as multiple resistors in series or parallel? For example, can I get better than 2 kΩ 5% by putting two 1 kΩ 5% resistors in ser...
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Olin Lathrop
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2020-10-21T21:17:53Z (about 4 years ago)
What happens to the overall accuracy of a resistor if I implement it as multiple resistors in series or parallel? For example, can I get better than 2 kΩ 5% by putting two 1 kΩ 5% resistors in series? Or should I put them in parallel?- Is there some way to use multiple resistors to get tighter tolerance than any of the individual resistors?
- What happens to the overall accuracy of a resistor if I implement it as multiple resistors in series or parallel? For example, can I get better than 2 kΩ 5% by putting two 1 kΩ 5% resistors in series? Or are two 4 kΩ 5% resistors in parallel better?
- Is there some way to use multiple resistors to get tighter tolerance than any of the individual resistors?
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Olin Lathrop
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2020-10-21T21:16:25Z (about 4 years ago)
More accuracy from multiple resistors in series or parallel?
What happens to the overall accuracy of a resistor if I implement it as multiple resistors in series or parallel? For example, can I get better than 2 kΩ 5% by putting two 1 kΩ 5% resistors in series? Or should I put them in parallel? Is there some way to use multiple resistors to get tighter tolerance than any of the individual resistors?