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Feedback in instruments and its applications

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Many transducers incorporate feedback in order to improve accuracy, linearity and speed of response of a measurement. This paper outlines the advantages of feedback, and shows many examples of its use. (Eds.)

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Jones, B.E. (1990). Feedback in instruments and its applications. In: Loxton, R., Pope, P. (eds) Instrumentation: A Reader. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2263-4_15

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