Closed Loop

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5-2-080

Alternative term: Feedback loop

A group of circuits including at least one forward path and one feedback path which make up a closed loop in a block diagram.

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Figure 2 - Block diagram of automatic control system (5-2-045) incorporating a closed loop (5-2-080)

Reference: I.E.C. (modified)




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)