electricpy.bridge_impedance

electricpy.bridge_impedance(z1, z2, z3, z4, z5)[source]

Bridge Impedance Calculator.

The following condition describing the Wheatstone Bridge is utilized to ensure that current through z5 will be zero.

\[z1 \cdot z3 = z2 \cdot z4\]
../_images/WheatstoneBridgeCircuit.png
Parameters:
z1 : [float, complex]

Bridge impedance 1iscrl

z2 : [float, complex]

Bridge impedance 2

z3 : [float, complex]

Bridge impedance 3

z4 : [float, complex]

Bridge impedance 4

z5 : [float, complex]

Detector impedance or impedance between two bridge branches

Return type:

effective bridge impedance