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Aditya Beloshe

The document presents an overview of the Wheatstone Bridge, a circuit used to measure unknown resistance, invented by Samuel Hunter Christie and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone. It explains the working principle based on null deflection, construction details, applications in measuring physical parameters, and highlights its advantages and limitations. The Wheatstone Bridge is particularly noted for its accuracy in medium resistance measurements but has limitations in high resistance scenarios.

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Aditya Beloshe

The document presents an overview of the Wheatstone Bridge, a circuit used to measure unknown resistance, invented by Samuel Hunter Christie and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone. It explains the working principle based on null deflection, construction details, applications in measuring physical parameters, and highlights its advantages and limitations. The Wheatstone Bridge is particularly noted for its accuracy in medium resistance measurements but has limitations in high resistance scenarios.

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Yashoda Technical Campus satara

Faculty of engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
presentation on

Wheatstone Bridge
PRESENTED BY
ADITYA SUNIL BELOSHE

UNDER GUIDANCE OF
PROF. SAMARJIT SINGH
content

WHAT IS WHEATSTONE BRIDGE


WORKING PRINCIPLE
CONSTRUCTION
APPLICATION
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
WHAT IS WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
➢ Wheatstone bridge, also known as the resistance bridge. It
is used to calculate the unknown resistance of the circuit.
➢ It is invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833, then later
it is popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1843.
➢ It is an important application of Kirchhoff's law.
➢ The Wheatstone Bridge Circuit comprises two known
resistors, one unknown resistor and one variable resistor
connected in the form of a bridge. This bridge is very
reliable as it gives accurate measurements of medium
resistance
PRINCIPLE

The Wheatstone bridge works on the principle of nul


deflection, i.e. the ratio of their resistances are equal and no
current flows through the circuit. Under normal conditions,
the bridge is in the unbalanced condition where current flows
through the galvanometer. The bridge is said to be in a
balanced condition when no current flows through the
galvanometer. This condition can be achieved by adjusting the
known resistance and variable resistance.
CONSTRUCTION
Wheatstone's network consists of four resistances P, Q, R and S
connected to form a closed path. A cell of emf E is connected between
points A and C. The current I from the cell is divided into I1, I2, I3 and I4
across the four branches. The current through the galvanometer is Ig.
The resistance of galvanometer is G.
APPLICATIONS

➢ The Wheatstone bridge is used for the precise measurement of


medium resistance.
➢ Wheatstone bridge along with operational amplifier is used to
measure physical parameters such as temperature, light, and strain.
➢ Quantities such as impedance, inductance, and capacitance can be
measured using variations on the Wheatstone bridge.
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
➢ ADVANTAGES
➢ The main advantage in Wheatstone Bridge is that at null point current
does not flow in arm of the galvanometer, so no effect of the
resistance of galvanometer or no consumption of electric energy.

➢ Limitations
➢ For high resistance measurement, the measurement presented by
the bridge is so large that the galvanometer is insensitive to
imbalance.
➢ The other drawback is the change in the resistance due to the
heating effect of the current through the resistance. Excessive current
may even cause a permanent change in the value of resistance

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