DocumentCode :
1029104
Title :
On the determination of the terminal impedances of a nonuniform transmission line
Author :
Klemer, David P. ; Sharpe, Charles B.
Author_Institution :
MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA USA
Volume :
32
Issue :
2
fYear :
1984
fDate :
2/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
181
Lastpage :
184
Abstract :
The problem of determining the terminal impedance values of a lossless nonuniform transmission line is addressed. The transmission line is assumed to have discontinuities at input and output with local reflection coefficients 
and 
, respectively. A set of formulas is given which allows and to be recovered once high-frequency data for 
( 
) is specified; the formulas extend the generality of earlier theory to the case where or may be either positive or negative. It is also shown that 
) magnitude and phase information is necessary to uniquely determine and .
and , respectively. A set of formulas is given which allows and to be recovered once high-frequency data for ( ) is specified; the formulas extend the generality of earlier theory to the case where or may be either positive or negative. It is also shown that ) magnitude and phase information is necessary to uniquely determine and .Keywords :
Distributed-parameter circuits; Antennas and propagation; Distributed parameter circuits; Electron beams; Frequency; Impedance; Laboratories; Magnetosphere; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-926X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1984.1143281
Filename :
1143281
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