GINO damping resistors in general are resistors that have the task to limit the current in a circuit or prevent inadmissibly high current or voltage peaks. Particularly the resistors used in filter circuits are called damping resistors and are switched in parallel to the reactance coils to dampen them. The resistor takes on the voltage peaks that form in the reactance coil thereby preventing inadmissible voltage surges. It reduces the circuit quality factor thus resulting in a larger filter bandwidth.

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