• DocumentCode
    1194258
  • Title

    Time-Domain Reflectometer Measurement of Random Discontinuity Effects on Cable Magnitude Response

  • Author

    Cormack, George D.

  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    5/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Lastpage
    135
  • Abstract
    Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) is used to specify the structural return loss and structural transmission loss that are caused by the randomly spaced electrically short structural defects that are present in commercially available coaxial cables. The theory for the statistical prediction of these effects is presented and TDR methods for making measurements are described. The results should be of particular interest in telephony and CATV applications.
  • Keywords
    Coaxial cables; Impedance; Loss measurement; Power cables; Propagation losses; Reflection; Time domain analysis; Transfer functions; Transmission line discontinuities; Transmission line theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.1972.4313981
  • Filename
    4313981