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- From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
- Subject: Re: 25 ohm coax cable
- Message-ID: <1992Oct9.201011.15028@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: coax cable
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- Organization: AT&T
- References: <1992Oct5.142505.23001@dxcern.cern.ch> <bvr5pd.14o@wang.com> <1992Oct8.120225.6247@fys.ruu.nl>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:10:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct8.120225.6247@fys.ruu.nl> vreeburg@fys.ruu.nl (Jurriaan Vreeburg) writes:
- >
- >>Put two pieces of 50 Ohm cable in parallel. It should be exactly the same.
- >>Gary
- >
- >After reading Gary's answer I had some doubt of its correctness. It implies
- >that by putting two 50 Ohm coax cables in series, one is able to create a 100 Ohm
- >coax cable, which is certainly not true.
- >
- Gary didn't say anything about connecting the two pieces in series.
-
- >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.
- >
- You had better rethink the above statements. Since when does paralleling
- two inductances double the inductance?
-
- Forrest Gehrke feg\@dodger.att.com
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