A quarter-wave impedance transformer, often written as λ/4 impedance transformer, is a transmission line or waveguide used in electrical engineering of...
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radio frequencies and microwave frequencies, a quarter-wave impedance transformer can provide impedance matching between circuits over a limited range...
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Dipole antenna (redirect from Quarter wave receiver)
part of series impedance) will be half of the series impedance of the comparable dipole. A quarter-wave monopole, then, has an impedance(p 173) of ...
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temperature Impedance inverter, a device that produces the mathematical inverse of an electrical impedance—see Quarter-wave impedance transformer Inverse...
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Waveguide filter (redirect from Stepped impedance matching)
distributed element prototype, the stepped impedance prototype. This filter was based on quarter-wave impedance transformers of various widths and was able to...
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transmission line is terminated with a matching impedance. Techniques of impedance matching include transformers, adjustable networks of lumped resistance,...
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source impedance is lower than the load impedance (unterminated). The effect is similar to an electrically short version of the quarter-wave impedance transformer...
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or at least much reduced, at certain frequencies due to quarter wave impedance transformer action. For the most part, audio systems, both professional...
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Antenna tuner (section Ferrite transformers)
example this method is the quarter-wave impedance transformer formed by a section of mismatched transmission line. If a quarter-wavelength of 75 Ohm coaxial...
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Gyrator (redirect from Positive impedance inverter)
As with a quarter-wave transformer, if one port of a gyrator is terminated with a linear load, then the other port presents an impedance inversely proportional...
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inductor or a resonant circuit. The other structure is the quarter wave impedance transformer. As its name suggests, this is a line exactly λ / 4 {\displaystyle...
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Rectifier (redirect from Transformer Utilization factor)
fed from transformers, which may have significant internal impedance in the form of resistance and/or reactance. Transformer internal impedance modifies...
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RF/Microwave Applications, pp. 188-190, Wiley, 2004 ISBN 0471464201. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stubs. Quarter wave impedance transformer...
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Monopole antenna (redirect from Quarter-wave antenna)
monopole. For the half-wave λ / 2 {\displaystyle \lambda /2} monopole, the impedance is very high, requiring a matching transformer. Shunt feed - One side...
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distributed-element prototype. This prototype was based on quarter wave impedance transformers and was able to produce designs with bandwidths up to an...
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Crystal radio (section Impedance matching)
antenna coupling transformer also functioned as an impedance matching transformer, that allowed a better match of the antenna impedance to the rest of the...
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Slotted line (section Impedance)
this distance will convert it to an open circuit through the quarter-wave impedance transformer effect. Thus, the detector has minimal effect on loading the...
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Antenna (radio) (section Impedance matching)
any kind may include a transformer and / or transformer balun at their feedpoint, to change the resistive part of the impedance to more nearly match the...
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cascaded line one-quarter wavelength long forms a quarter-wave impedance transformer. This has the useful property of transforming any impedance network into...
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Alternating current (section Transformers)
alternating current because AC voltage may be increased or decreased with a transformer. This allows the power to be transmitted through power lines efficiently...
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Ground (electricity) (section Impedance grounding)
Connecting exposed conductive parts to a "ground" wire which provides a low-impedance path for current to flow back to the incoming neutral (which is also connected...
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higher gain than a quarter wave whip, but it has a current node at its feedpoint at the base of the rod so it has very high input impedance. If it was infinitely...
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source impedance is lower than the load impedance (unterminated). The effect is similar to an electrically short version of the quarter-wave impedance transformer...
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Transmission line (section Quarter wave length)
voltage wave to its current wave. Since most transmission lines also have a reflected wave, the characteristic impedance is generally not the impedance that...
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between the individual channels. It uses quarter wave transformers, which can be easily fabricated as quarter wave lines on printed circuit boards. It is...
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Without the antenna tuner the impedance mismatch between the antenna and feedline would cause a condition called standing waves (high SWR), in which some...
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Antenna types (section Traveling wave antenna)
counterpoise. Impedance matching for end fed antennas tends to use very high-ratio impedance transformers in combination with high-impedance feedline, which...
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wire radiator, in series with a quarter-wave parallel transmission line tuning stub that matches the antenna impedance to the feedline. By 1936 this antenna...
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Loudspeaker (redirect from Bending wave speaker)
pointed by concentrating sound waves from the cheerleader in one direction, thus focusing them. The horn also improves impedance matching between the voice...
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end. Input impedance varies with distance from the shorted end by impedance transformer action. The tap point is chosen to achieve an impedance match with...
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