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- From: stanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof)
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:05:22 GMT
- Subject: Re: 25 ohm coax cable
- Message-ID: <7380082@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- References: <1992Oct5.142505.23001@dxcern.cern.ch>
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- In sci.electronics, vreeburg@fys.ruu.nl (Jurriaan Vreeburg) writes:
-
- >I think that putting two cables in parallel doesn't change the impedance, since
- >the impedance is defined as:
-
- > L
- >Z = square_root ( --- )
- > C
- >L: inductance per unit length
- >C: capacitance per unit length
-
- Yep.
-
- >What happens if we put two cables in parallel: both the inductance and the capacitance
- >increase by a factor of two -> Z doesn't change!!!
-
- Nope. Capacitance is doubled, inductance halved, Z halved.
- Don't forget that Z=1/jwC for cap but jwL for ind.
-
- Don't believe me? Try connecting a 50 ohm cable to two 50 ohm cables
- in parallel. Launch pulse and see if you have a reflection at the
- junction. Easy to do with any oscilloscope and a pulse generator.
-
- Stan Bischof
- HPSR
-