MathewOrman
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CurtC said:OK, I read more carefully. Let me summarize what I think you're doing, and please check that this understanding is right. You're taking the output of a function generator, then passing it through a large network of Rs, Ls, and Cs, in order to reduce its rise time (limit its bandwidth). Then you pass that into a lumped-element model of a 1-m long RG-58. You have a switch that terminates that with a 50-ohm resistor.
You then look at the end of the transmission line, and compare the output when the resistor is there vs. when it's not there. Is this right?
May I suggest an enhancement to improve your simulation's accuracy? Instead of modeling the line as a single L of 205 nH and a single C of 42 pF, could you model it as ten Ls and Cs, each with values of 20.5 nH and 4.2 pF? A lumped-element model is just an approximation of a transmission line, and the more elements you break it into, the more accurate it will be. Instead of using single big lumps, model the cable in 0.1 m segments.
Yes, that is correct.
I have done so already with ten RLC lamp circuit in chain.
And there was no noticeable difference.
And why that is so you can learn from transmission line theories
that describe so called "Electrically short open ended transmission lines".
Here are the keywords when searching Google:
+"Electrically short"+"transmission lines"
If you look down below on my FTLSPEED page you see
simulations done using LTspice Tline distributed model.
You can download free LTspice software and the example from my page and do all kind of tests and learn about the FTL signal propagation phenomena.
Sincerely,
Mathew Orman
ps. I do provide free samples of my FTL data transmission lines for the evaluation providing that I would get a copy of test results.
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