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A '''signal return''' is the path over which the [[current]] in a [[signal]] returns to the source of the signal. (A current requires a [[circuit]], in order to flow - one wire cannot form a circuit by itself, there has to be another wire.)
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A '''signal return''' is the path over which the [[current]] in a [[signal]] returns to the source of the signal. (A current requires a [[circuit]], in order to flow - one [[conductor]] (e.g. a wire) cannot form a circuit by itself, there has to be another one.)
  
 
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[[Category: Electrical Basics]]

Latest revision as of 16:33, 18 October 2021

A signal return is the path over which the current in a signal returns to the source of the signal. (A current requires a circuit, in order to flow - one conductor (e.g. a wire) cannot form a circuit by itself, there has to be another one.)

See also