balun
A transformer connected between a balanced source or load and an unbalanced source or load. A balanced line has two conductors, with equal currents in opposite directions. The unbalanced line has just one conductor; the current in it returns via a common ground or earth path.
Last updated: 1996-10-17
Nearby terms:
BALITAC ♦ BALM ♦ balun ♦ Banach algebra ♦ Banach inverse mapping theorem
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