parallel circuit

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parallel circuit - a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit

shunt circuit

closed circuit, loop - a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

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[21] studied conformal cooling series and parallel strategies, the work showed better results for series circuit with Re close to 10,000 while in parallel circuit a higher turbulence results in regions with flow problems and poor heat exchange.

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We describe below a parallel circuit that enables sorting to be entirely done within the time required for data transfers to and from the circuit; no additional time is required.

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Series and parallel circuit connection topology this been selected in order to increase the voltage (up to 2.4 kV) and pulsed current (up to 938 A) of the generator.

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In this case, the equivalent circuit is composed of two parallel circuit RC.

Experimental Study of a Pack of Supercapacitors Used in Electric Vehicles

This paper selects first-order RC parallel circuit as lithium-ion battery equivalent model (Figure 4), due to its low cost and less calculation; now the model has been accepted by some lithium-ion battery businesses, such as Sony and Panasonic.

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5 a) is more complex, because it requires 3 simplification steps before it transforms in a simple parallel circuit (substitution of [R.sub.3] and [R.sub.4] resistor parallel with an equivalent resistor, and then substitute resistor series in both parallel branches with their equivalent resistors).

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Each parallel circuit contains all of the necessary components and programming allowing it to take over as the master unit at any time, the company says, reducing the time for integration and setup.

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Using multiple layers to deliver the power allows us to simulate all layers separately, calculate DCR separately, then calculate the effective total DCR as parallel circuit effective resistance, as follows:

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ABB's circuit breaker diverts current down a parallel circuit where semiconductors block the current.

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For UWB property, matching bandwidth can be considered as the result of several adjacent resonances and each one can be represented by an R-L-C parallel circuit [12].

Design of a compact UWB antenna integrated with GSM/WCDMA/WLAN bands