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- From: jeroen@dxcern.cern.ch (Jeroen Belleman)
- Subject: Re: 25 ohm coax cable
- Message-ID: <1992Oct9.132829.19346@dxcern.cern.ch>
- Keywords: coax cable
- Organization: CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics
- References: <1992Oct5.142505.23001@dxcern.cern.ch> <bvr5pd.14o@wang.com> <1992Oct8.120225.6247@fys.ruu.nl>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:28:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct8.120225.6247@fys.ruu.nl> 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
- >
- >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!!! Putting two cables in series doesn't
- >change the impedance as well, since L & C are defined per unit length, which don't
- >change at all in that case.
- >
- >Jurriaan Vreeburg email: vreeburg@fys.ruu.nl
- >Department of Physics and Astronomy tel.: (+31)-(0)30-534566
- >P.O. Box 80.000
- >3508 TA Utrecht Holland
-
-
- But Z DOES change! In fact the C is doubled, while the L is halved,
- so the quotient is 4 times as small. Ergo, Z is halved. Two 50 Ohms
- cables in parallel most surely present a 25 Ohm load, provided they
- are correctly terminated. I do it all the time.
-
- You can put coaxial cables in series too, to double the impedance.
- (Admittedly, I do need a piece of ferrite to do so.) Note that this is
- not the same as putting one behind the other, in which case Zo indeed
- does not change.
-
- You can even take a pair of coax cables with the inputs in series, and
- the outputs in parallel. You'd have to use ferrites to insulate input
- from ouput. That gets you a 4:1 impedance transformer. (E.g. 100 Ohms
- in and 25 out)
-
- There are lots of great things you can do with coaxial cables and an
- occasional chunk of ferrite. I haven't even scratched the surface.
-
- Jeroen Belleman
- jeroen@dxcern
-