[sdiy] really basic question .. tolerance

diysynth diy_list at analog-synth.de
Sat Jan 18 22:26:55 CET 2003


Hi all

> tolerance are connected in series that the result will be out of
tolerance?
>
> Add two 100k resistors 101k + 101k = 202k still 1%

Sure ? I allways thought, the resulting tolerance gets better with the
factor t_res=t_single/sqrt(n), where n is the number of used resistors, and
t_single is the tolerance of the single resistor ?

Joerg




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