Transmission Lines
Krishna Naishadham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
4.1. Introduction
4.1.1. What Is a Transmission Line?
4.1.2. Lossy Transmission Line
4.2. Equivalent Circuit
4.2.1. Lossless Line
4.2.2. Low-Loss Line
4.2.3. Distortionless Line
4.3. Alternating Current Analysis
4.3.1. Terminated Lossless Line
4.3.2. Terminated Lossy Transmission Line
4.4. Smith Chart
4.5. Summary
4.1 Introduction
A transmission line is used to transfer a signal from the generator to the load, as in Figure 4.1, by guiding an electromagnetic (EM) wave between two conductors. In microwave communications, the signal is usually some form of modulation on ...
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