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What is signal ground
Need second set of eyes on 555 50% duty cycle soldered protoboard555 timer multivibrator charge and dischargeStartled by a notation of operator for combining two signals555 VCO Circuit - Speaker to VCC?Automatic and manual clock managing. Errors with ring counter but not with 4-bit counterRS485 network ground pin - when to connect?charging electric car battery through road - grounding?Grounding audio circuit for RFI immunityHow to split hybrid two-way audio line?IRFZ34N doesn´t switch on when a NE555 timer pulse is applied
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I encountered signal ground symbol while studying 555 IC
Please explain why isn't a simple ground connection used and how does signal ground differ from normal ground. I am a first year undergraduate, kindly explain the most basics.This inverted triangle symbol
signal 555 grounding conductors
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
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I encountered signal ground symbol while studying 555 IC
Please explain why isn't a simple ground connection used and how does signal ground differ from normal ground. I am a first year undergraduate, kindly explain the most basics.This inverted triangle symbol
signal 555 grounding conductors
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
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Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
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– Jasen
2 days ago
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I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
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– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
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I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
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– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
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in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
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– jsotola
2 days ago
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In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
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– Jim Fischer
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I encountered signal ground symbol while studying 555 IC
Please explain why isn't a simple ground connection used and how does signal ground differ from normal ground. I am a first year undergraduate, kindly explain the most basics.This inverted triangle symbol
signal 555 grounding conductors
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
$endgroup$
I encountered signal ground symbol while studying 555 IC
Please explain why isn't a simple ground connection used and how does signal ground differ from normal ground. I am a first year undergraduate, kindly explain the most basics.This inverted triangle symbol
signal 555 grounding conductors
signal 555 grounding conductors
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
edited yesterday
Shlok Vaibhav
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
238
asked 2 days ago
Shlok VaibhavShlok Vaibhav
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238
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Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
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– Jasen
2 days ago
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I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
$endgroup$
– jsotola
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
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– Jim Fischer
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
$endgroup$
– Jasen
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
$endgroup$
– jsotola
2 days ago
1
$begingroup$
In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
$endgroup$
– Jim Fischer
2 days ago
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Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
$endgroup$
– Jasen
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
$endgroup$
– Jasen
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
1
1
$begingroup$
in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
$endgroup$
– jsotola
2 days ago
$begingroup$
in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
$endgroup$
– jsotola
2 days ago
1
1
$begingroup$
In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
$endgroup$
– Jim Fischer
2 days ago
$begingroup$
In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
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– Jim Fischer
2 days ago
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Figure 1. Various earth and ground symbols. Source: Ground, earth, chassis.
“Ground” is a reference point in an electrical circuit. It is used as a reference point for voltage measurements. As a result a voltage may be above ground (positive) or below ground (negative). This is very like a surveyor taking a reference point in a certain location and referencing all other points to that datum.
The most common reference is Earth itself. Power systems are usually “earthed” at some point to provide a reference for the system voltages. The earth symbol represents the parallel plates that were buried in the soil to ensure good conductivity. (The plates were connected by wire and early forms of the symbol show the vertical line connecting all the plates. The modern “cleaner” symbol omits the vertical.)
The ground symbols indicate the generic reference point. Even if there is no earth or chassis connection it is common to refer to one point or voltage in the circuit as “ground”. In equipment where electrical isolation is provided between sections of the circuit two or more ground symbols may be required to indicate which ground the components are connected to.
I have written further on the topic and given circuit examples in the linked article.
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
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Thanks a lot !!!
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Lets examine this circuit/system
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Signal Ground runs all the way from the MovingCoil sensor which is left-most 1uH inductor (bottom node of that inductor is the "ground") thru the 5 feet of cable to the J1 JFET, to the RIAA capacitors (C3 and C4), thru the rest of the low-noise RIAA preamplifier transistors, out the COAX CABLE to the 100 watt audio power amplifier, and finally to ONE of the leads to the speaker.
The non-ground wire of the speaker will have substantial signal voltage {100 watts and 8 ohms => ~ 30 volts RMS or 100 volts PeakPeak), and electric fields will couple to EARTH, with those currents needing to find a path back home.
The designer gets to DESIGN all these paths. Its an incremental process of learning. For now, start with viewing a sheet of copper as your ground.
The (charging, or displacement) current thru a capacitor is I = C * dV/dt.
The dV/dT of 100 volts at 60Hz is 100 * (60 * 2 * pi) = 100 * 377 = 37,700 volts per second.
Now we need the "capacitance".
What is the capacitance between you and the earth thru your shoes?
What is the capacitance between two wires? look up the wire-wire capacitance formul (Electric Fields between two wires)
What is the capacitance between a wire and a plate?
After you ask these questions, and you gather up just a few (4? 5?) formulas, you can perform your own analysis of electric-field-induced stray currents. You will begin to think about shielding, and you will be on the way to designing high-fidelity (high signal-noise-ratio) circuits and systems.
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Figure 1. Various earth and ground symbols. Source: Ground, earth, chassis.
“Ground” is a reference point in an electrical circuit. It is used as a reference point for voltage measurements. As a result a voltage may be above ground (positive) or below ground (negative). This is very like a surveyor taking a reference point in a certain location and referencing all other points to that datum.
The most common reference is Earth itself. Power systems are usually “earthed” at some point to provide a reference for the system voltages. The earth symbol represents the parallel plates that were buried in the soil to ensure good conductivity. (The plates were connected by wire and early forms of the symbol show the vertical line connecting all the plates. The modern “cleaner” symbol omits the vertical.)
The ground symbols indicate the generic reference point. Even if there is no earth or chassis connection it is common to refer to one point or voltage in the circuit as “ground”. In equipment where electrical isolation is provided between sections of the circuit two or more ground symbols may be required to indicate which ground the components are connected to.
I have written further on the topic and given circuit examples in the linked article.
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
86.9k785189
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Thanks a lot !!!
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– Shlok Vaibhav
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Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
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– Transistor
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Figure 1. Various earth and ground symbols. Source: Ground, earth, chassis.
“Ground” is a reference point in an electrical circuit. It is used as a reference point for voltage measurements. As a result a voltage may be above ground (positive) or below ground (negative). This is very like a surveyor taking a reference point in a certain location and referencing all other points to that datum.
The most common reference is Earth itself. Power systems are usually “earthed” at some point to provide a reference for the system voltages. The earth symbol represents the parallel plates that were buried in the soil to ensure good conductivity. (The plates were connected by wire and early forms of the symbol show the vertical line connecting all the plates. The modern “cleaner” symbol omits the vertical.)
The ground symbols indicate the generic reference point. Even if there is no earth or chassis connection it is common to refer to one point or voltage in the circuit as “ground”. In equipment where electrical isolation is provided between sections of the circuit two or more ground symbols may be required to indicate which ground the components are connected to.
I have written further on the topic and given circuit examples in the linked article.
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
86.9k785189
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Thanks a lot !!!
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
yesterday
$begingroup$
Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
$endgroup$
– Transistor
yesterday
add a comment |
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Figure 1. Various earth and ground symbols. Source: Ground, earth, chassis.
“Ground” is a reference point in an electrical circuit. It is used as a reference point for voltage measurements. As a result a voltage may be above ground (positive) or below ground (negative). This is very like a surveyor taking a reference point in a certain location and referencing all other points to that datum.
The most common reference is Earth itself. Power systems are usually “earthed” at some point to provide a reference for the system voltages. The earth symbol represents the parallel plates that were buried in the soil to ensure good conductivity. (The plates were connected by wire and early forms of the symbol show the vertical line connecting all the plates. The modern “cleaner” symbol omits the vertical.)
The ground symbols indicate the generic reference point. Even if there is no earth or chassis connection it is common to refer to one point or voltage in the circuit as “ground”. In equipment where electrical isolation is provided between sections of the circuit two or more ground symbols may be required to indicate which ground the components are connected to.
I have written further on the topic and given circuit examples in the linked article.
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
86.9k785189
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Figure 1. Various earth and ground symbols. Source: Ground, earth, chassis.
“Ground” is a reference point in an electrical circuit. It is used as a reference point for voltage measurements. As a result a voltage may be above ground (positive) or below ground (negative). This is very like a surveyor taking a reference point in a certain location and referencing all other points to that datum.
The most common reference is Earth itself. Power systems are usually “earthed” at some point to provide a reference for the system voltages. The earth symbol represents the parallel plates that were buried in the soil to ensure good conductivity. (The plates were connected by wire and early forms of the symbol show the vertical line connecting all the plates. The modern “cleaner” symbol omits the vertical.)
The ground symbols indicate the generic reference point. Even if there is no earth or chassis connection it is common to refer to one point or voltage in the circuit as “ground”. In equipment where electrical isolation is provided between sections of the circuit two or more ground symbols may be required to indicate which ground the components are connected to.
I have written further on the topic and given circuit examples in the linked article.
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
86.9k785189
answered 2 days ago
TransistorTransistor
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Thanks a lot !!!
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– Shlok Vaibhav
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Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
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– Transistor
yesterday
add a comment |
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Thanks a lot !!!
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
yesterday
$begingroup$
Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
$endgroup$
– Transistor
yesterday
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Thanks a lot !!!
$endgroup$
– Shlok Vaibhav
yesterday
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Thanks a lot !!!
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– Shlok Vaibhav
yesterday
$begingroup$
Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
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– Transistor
yesterday
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Don't forget to upvote useful answers and "accept" the best answer if there is one that answers your question.
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– Transistor
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Lets examine this circuit/system
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Signal Ground runs all the way from the MovingCoil sensor which is left-most 1uH inductor (bottom node of that inductor is the "ground") thru the 5 feet of cable to the J1 JFET, to the RIAA capacitors (C3 and C4), thru the rest of the low-noise RIAA preamplifier transistors, out the COAX CABLE to the 100 watt audio power amplifier, and finally to ONE of the leads to the speaker.
The non-ground wire of the speaker will have substantial signal voltage {100 watts and 8 ohms => ~ 30 volts RMS or 100 volts PeakPeak), and electric fields will couple to EARTH, with those currents needing to find a path back home.
The designer gets to DESIGN all these paths. Its an incremental process of learning. For now, start with viewing a sheet of copper as your ground.
The (charging, or displacement) current thru a capacitor is I = C * dV/dt.
The dV/dT of 100 volts at 60Hz is 100 * (60 * 2 * pi) = 100 * 377 = 37,700 volts per second.
Now we need the "capacitance".
What is the capacitance between you and the earth thru your shoes?
What is the capacitance between two wires? look up the wire-wire capacitance formul (Electric Fields between two wires)
What is the capacitance between a wire and a plate?
After you ask these questions, and you gather up just a few (4? 5?) formulas, you can perform your own analysis of electric-field-induced stray currents. You will begin to think about shielding, and you will be on the way to designing high-fidelity (high signal-noise-ratio) circuits and systems.
answered 2 days ago
analogsystemsrfanalogsystemsrf
15.5k2722
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$begingroup$
Lets examine this circuit/system
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Signal Ground runs all the way from the MovingCoil sensor which is left-most 1uH inductor (bottom node of that inductor is the "ground") thru the 5 feet of cable to the J1 JFET, to the RIAA capacitors (C3 and C4), thru the rest of the low-noise RIAA preamplifier transistors, out the COAX CABLE to the 100 watt audio power amplifier, and finally to ONE of the leads to the speaker.
The non-ground wire of the speaker will have substantial signal voltage {100 watts and 8 ohms => ~ 30 volts RMS or 100 volts PeakPeak), and electric fields will couple to EARTH, with those currents needing to find a path back home.
The designer gets to DESIGN all these paths. Its an incremental process of learning. For now, start with viewing a sheet of copper as your ground.
The (charging, or displacement) current thru a capacitor is I = C * dV/dt.
The dV/dT of 100 volts at 60Hz is 100 * (60 * 2 * pi) = 100 * 377 = 37,700 volts per second.
Now we need the "capacitance".
What is the capacitance between you and the earth thru your shoes?
What is the capacitance between two wires? look up the wire-wire capacitance formul (Electric Fields between two wires)
What is the capacitance between a wire and a plate?
After you ask these questions, and you gather up just a few (4? 5?) formulas, you can perform your own analysis of electric-field-induced stray currents. You will begin to think about shielding, and you will be on the way to designing high-fidelity (high signal-noise-ratio) circuits and systems.
answered 2 days ago
analogsystemsrfanalogsystemsrf
15.5k2722
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Lets examine this circuit/system
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Signal Ground runs all the way from the MovingCoil sensor which is left-most 1uH inductor (bottom node of that inductor is the "ground") thru the 5 feet of cable to the J1 JFET, to the RIAA capacitors (C3 and C4), thru the rest of the low-noise RIAA preamplifier transistors, out the COAX CABLE to the 100 watt audio power amplifier, and finally to ONE of the leads to the speaker.
The non-ground wire of the speaker will have substantial signal voltage {100 watts and 8 ohms => ~ 30 volts RMS or 100 volts PeakPeak), and electric fields will couple to EARTH, with those currents needing to find a path back home.
The designer gets to DESIGN all these paths. Its an incremental process of learning. For now, start with viewing a sheet of copper as your ground.
The (charging, or displacement) current thru a capacitor is I = C * dV/dt.
The dV/dT of 100 volts at 60Hz is 100 * (60 * 2 * pi) = 100 * 377 = 37,700 volts per second.
Now we need the "capacitance".
What is the capacitance between you and the earth thru your shoes?
What is the capacitance between two wires? look up the wire-wire capacitance formul (Electric Fields between two wires)
What is the capacitance between a wire and a plate?
After you ask these questions, and you gather up just a few (4? 5?) formulas, you can perform your own analysis of electric-field-induced stray currents. You will begin to think about shielding, and you will be on the way to designing high-fidelity (high signal-noise-ratio) circuits and systems.
answered 2 days ago
analogsystemsrfanalogsystemsrf
15.5k2722
$endgroup$
Lets examine this circuit/system
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Signal Ground runs all the way from the MovingCoil sensor which is left-most 1uH inductor (bottom node of that inductor is the "ground") thru the 5 feet of cable to the J1 JFET, to the RIAA capacitors (C3 and C4), thru the rest of the low-noise RIAA preamplifier transistors, out the COAX CABLE to the 100 watt audio power amplifier, and finally to ONE of the leads to the speaker.
The non-ground wire of the speaker will have substantial signal voltage {100 watts and 8 ohms => ~ 30 volts RMS or 100 volts PeakPeak), and electric fields will couple to EARTH, with those currents needing to find a path back home.
The designer gets to DESIGN all these paths. Its an incremental process of learning. For now, start with viewing a sheet of copper as your ground.
The (charging, or displacement) current thru a capacitor is I = C * dV/dt.
The dV/dT of 100 volts at 60Hz is 100 * (60 * 2 * pi) = 100 * 377 = 37,700 volts per second.
Now we need the "capacitance".
What is the capacitance between you and the earth thru your shoes?
What is the capacitance between two wires? look up the wire-wire capacitance formul (Electric Fields between two wires)
What is the capacitance between a wire and a plate?
After you ask these questions, and you gather up just a few (4? 5?) formulas, you can perform your own analysis of electric-field-induced stray currents. You will begin to think about shielding, and you will be on the way to designing high-fidelity (high signal-noise-ratio) circuits and systems.
answered 2 days ago
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Normal ground is where potatoes come from. and even in elecronics ground has many different meanings. what research have you done?
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– Jasen
2 days ago
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I tried to read it on internet but they say too less about it and i couldn't comprehend.
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– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
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I understand ground in physics means an extremely gigantic capacitor like earth where any practical amount of charge poured would produce no tangible voltage change for all practical purposes at undergraduate level.
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– Shlok Vaibhav
2 days ago
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in most electronic circuits, the ground is the reference point where you put the negative probe of your DMM or oscilloscope ...... that is usually the negative terminal of the power supply
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– jsotola
2 days ago
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In this case the terms "signal ground" and "normal ground" are synonyms. Voltage is the difference between two electric potentials p0 and p1--i.e., V=p1-p0. When looking at an electronic circuit schematic diagram, the circuit's designer defines one circuit node as the 'zero electric potential' node, or "ground potential" node, or "circuit ground", or "signal ground", etc. The electric potential difference (voltage) at the circuit's other nodes is usually measured relative to the circuit's ground potential node.
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– Jim Fischer
2 days ago