Impedance bridging

In audio engineering and sound recording, a high impedance bridging, voltage bridging, or simply bridging connection is one in which the load impedance is much larger than the source impedance. The load measures the source's voltage while minimally drawing current or affecting it. When the output of a device (consisting of the voltage source VS and output impedance ZS in illustration) is connected to the input of another device (the load impedance ZL in the illustration), these two impedances form a voltage divider: One can maximize the signal level VL by using a voltage source whose output impedance ZS is as small as possible and by using a receiving device whose input impedance ZL is as large as possible. When (typically by at least ten times), this is called a bridging connection and has a number of effects including: Advantages: Reduces the 6dB attenuation incurred by impedance matching, which helps by reducing the amount of make-up amplification required and by maintaining a high signal-to-noise ratio. However a transformer can be used instead to match impedance and provide better signal-to-noise. And the 6dB attenuation can be easily be made up in the amplifier. Facilitates connecting multiple loads to the same source. Reduces current drawn from the source device, which helps avoid wasting power and helps reduce distortion. Less current through the wire also reduces resistive loss. Disadvantages: Increasing ZL possibly increases environmental noise pickup since the combined parallel impedance of ZS || ZL (dominated by ZS) increases slightly, which makes it easier for stray noise to drive the signal node. Signal reflection from the impedance change. However for audio frequencies, a quarter wavelength at 20 kHz is approximately 2500 meters, so audio circuits in studios never become true transmission lines. Impedance bridging is typically used to avoid unnecessary voltage attenuation and current draw in line or mic level connections where the source device has an unchangeable output impedance ZS.

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