The invention relates to a driven ground electrical circuit. A driven
ground is a current-measuring ground termination to an electrical circuit
with the current measured as a vector with amplification. The driven
ground module may include an electric potential source V.sub.S driving an
electric current through an impedance (load Z) to a driven ground.
Voltage from the source V.sub.S excites the minus terminal of an
operational amplifier inside the driven ground which, in turn, may react
by generating an equal and opposite voltage to drive the net potential to
approximately zero (effectively ground). A driven ground may also be a
means of passing information via the current passing through one grounded
circuit to another electronic circuit as input. It may ground one
circuit, amplify the information carried in its current and pass this
information on as input to the next circuit.