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ground electrode

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ground electrode [′grau̇nd i¦lek‚trōd]
(electricity)
A conductor buried in the ground, used to maintain conductors connected to it at ground potential and dissipate current conducted to it into the earth, or to provide a return path for electric current in a direct-current power transmission system. Also known as earth electrode; grounding electrode.


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20) Two silver chloride surface electrodes 10 mm in diameter and with centers approximately 25 mm apart were placed over the belly of the posterior deltoid muscle midway between the posterior lateral edge of the acromion and the deltoid insertion point; a third surface electrode was placed over the acromion as a ground electrode.
The first spark jumps from the center electrode to the ground electrode of the plug," says Arens, "while the next jumps from the ground electrode to the center electrode.
1) A technology of forming through hole and filling metal electrode in the hole for connecting surface source electrodes to the backside ground electrode, that enables to reduce the parasitic inductance, and thus, to improve high frequency performance.
 
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