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I assume you are referring to methods of measuring small value resistances, as in locating short circuits on a PC card.

Two probe is the method used by standard ohm meters. This works OK for most resistance values, as the resistance of the leads & probes is much lower than the resistance being measured. But when the resistance being measured gets very tiny (e.g. a few milliohms) it fails as the resistance of the leads & probe are of the same order of magnitude and are in series with it.

Four probe solves this problem by using two probes connected to a current source to drive the resistance and a separate two probes connected to a precision voltmeter calibrated in milliohms. The voltage drop in the leads due to the test current does not get measured by the calibrated voltmeter, as it does in two probe method. There is no voltage drop in the measurement leads as the voltmeter is high impedance.

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four probe method avoides the necessity of finding cross sectional area of a given material but in two probe method we must first find the crossectional area of material.

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four probes - two probes = two probes.

the difference is two probes.

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We can use the two probes in Instead of using fourprobes .by using four probes we can get the more accuracy compare to the two probe technique

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The error due yo contact resistances which is important in the electrical measurement on the semiconductors can be avoided by using two extra probes in between the current probes.

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