The characteristic impedance or surge impedance (usually written Z0) of a uniform transmission line is the ratio of the amplitudes of voltage and current...
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known impedance. It presents at its input the dual of the impedance with which it is terminated. The relationship between the characteristic impedance, Z0...
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a device with an output impedance equal to the input impedance of the load network (equivalent circuit), the characteristics of the source-load network...
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dimensions along their length, giving them a uniform impedance, called the characteristic impedance, to prevent reflections. Types of transmission line...
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the wave impedance will in general vary over the cross-section of the line. Characteristic impedance Impedance (disambiguation) Impedance of free space...
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Standing wave ratio (section Impedance matching)
(SWR) is a measure of impedance matching of loads to the characteristic impedance of a transmission line or waveguide. Impedance mismatches result in standing...
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electrical engineering, impedance matching is the practice of designing or adjusting the input impedance or output impedance of an electrical device for...
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Twin-lead (section Characteristic impedance)
Parallel wire line is available with several different values of characteristic impedance such as twin lead ribbon cable (300 Ω), window line (300 Ω, 350 Ω...
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waves given a specified reference impedance Z0. The reference impedance used is typically the characteristic impedance of a transmission line that's involved...
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Microstrip (section Characteristic impedance)
characteristic impedance is referred to as the quasi-static characteristic impedance, and is the same for all definitions of characteristic impedance...
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Acoustic impedance and specific acoustic impedance are measures of the opposition that a system presents to the acoustic flow resulting from an acoustic...
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Balanced line (section Characteristic impedance)
consisting of two conductors of the same type, both of which have equal impedances along their lengths, to ground, and to other circuits. The primary advantage...
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value of the characteristic impedance of a cable or other form of transmission line. The nominal value of the input, output or image impedance of a port...
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Coaxial cable (section Choice of impedance)
uniform cable characteristic impedance is important to minimize loss. The source and load impedances are chosen to match the impedance of the cable to...
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synonyms, including: wave impedance of free space, the vacuum impedance, intrinsic impedance of vacuum, characteristic impedance of vacuum, wave resistance...
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Ribbon cable (section Characteristic impedance)
26AWG wire, 0.050" spacing and common PVC insulation the resultant characteristic impedance for any two adjacent wires within the cable is 110 to 130 ohms...
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Electrical termination (redirect from Termination impedance)
practice of ending a transmission line with a device that matches the characteristic impedance of the line. Termination prevents signals from reflecting off the...
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in the shell of the male one. BNC is designed to maintain the characteristic impedance of the cable across the connection, and is made in 50-ohm and 75-ohm...
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position of the standing waves on the line, but it does determine the characteristic impedance, which can be important for matching the line to the source of...
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Smith chart (redirect from Impedance Smith chart)
involving any characteristic or system impedance which is represented by the center point of the chart. The most commonly used normalization impedance is 50 ohms...
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Heaviside condition (section Characteristic impedance)
product R G {\displaystyle RG} is independent of frequency. The characteristic impedance of a lossy transmission line is given by Z 0 = R + j ω L G + j...
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circuit High impedance, when only a small amount of current is allowed through Characteristic impedance of a transmission line Impedance (accelerator...
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transmission line is terminated by its characteristic impedance. The calculation of the characteristic impedance of a transmission line composed of straight...
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Antenna (radio) (section Impedance matching)
whose impedance is resistive and nearly the same as the characteristic impedance of that transmission line, in addition to matching the impedance that...
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line. This is equivalent to the wave meeting an impedance differing from the line's characteristic impedance. Although applicable at any frequency, S-parameters...
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discontinuity in the characteristic impedance of the line, or if the far end of the line is not terminated in its characteristic impedance. This can happen...
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Rayl (section Characteristic acoustic impedance)
(symbol Rayl) is one of two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance; one an MKS unit, and the other a CGS unit. These have...
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Stripline (section Characteristic Impedance)
substrate and the relative permittivity of the substrate determine the characteristic impedance of the strip which is a transmission line. As shown in the diagram...
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In electrical engineering, impedance is the opposition to alternating current presented by the combined effect of resistance and reactance in a circuit...
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Impedance parameters or Z-parameters (the elements of an impedance matrix or Z-matrix) are properties used in electrical engineering, electronic engineering...
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