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- Subject: Re: Impedance match 50 to 75 ohms
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.130420.1@qis.dofasco.ca>
- From: hilbig_t@qis.dofasco.ca
- Date: 11 Sep 92 13:04:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep10.175850.24383@lonex.rl.af.mil>, Brian R. O'Hern (BRO'HERN) writes:
- > Short of buying a pad, does anyone know a good (cheap) way of matching a
- > cable tv coax (75ohms) to the input of a HP spectrum analyzer (50 ohms)?
- > I'm interested in the 500MHz to 1GHz range.
- >
- > Thanks
- > BRO'HERN (Electronics Engineer)
-
- The easiest way is to use resistors. A two way matching network uses
- a 43.3 ohm and 86.6ohm resistors.
-
- ----------------
- |
- \
- / 43.3 ohm
- \
- |
- ----------------- 75 ohm end
- |
- \
- 50 ohm end / 86.6 ohm
- \
- |
- ---------------------------------
-
-
- To the 50 ohm end, it sees 86.6 // (43.3+75) = 50 ohm
- To the 75 ohm end, it sees 43.3 + (50 // 86.6) = 75 ohm
- I calculate a dB loss of about 11.4dB (sounds right, but I could be wrong)
-
-
- This allows you to use the same "matching transformer" for going both
- directions. Since resistors are used, frequency has no effect (until
- you start to get into those frequencies where wire placements, etc have an
- effect).
-
- Since you really only need to match it from the 75 ohm signal into the
- 50 ohm spectum analyzer, you could just put a 25 ohm resistor in series with
- your load. Again, you will have a drop in signal (about 3.52dB -- and again
- I could be wrong on this), but their is still no frequency effect. That's
- cheap.
-
- --
- Thomas Hilbig,
- hilbig_t@qis.dofasco.ca Telephone: (416) 544-3761
-
-