Transmission Lines With Pulse Excitation

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notation

Chapter I. General Equations for Transmission Lines


1. Introduction


2. Definition of the State of the Line at a Point


3. Per Unit Length Parameters, or Primary Parameters


4. General Equations


5. Use of Operational Calculus (The Laplace Transform)


6. Appendix. The Per Unit Length Parameters L, C, R, G

Chapter II. The Method of Traveling Waves


1. The Method of Traveling Waves for the Lossless Line


2. Principal Results


3. Examples


4. A Tabular Method


5. Appendix. Formulas for the Method of Traveling Waves in the General Case of a Line with Losses

Exercises

Chapter III. The Bergeron Diagram


1. Basic Relations


2. Principle of the Method of Bergeron


3. The Introduction of Lumped Elements


4. Input Signal e(t) Different from a Step Function

Exercises

Chapter IV. Line Transients Using Operational Calculus


1. Generalities


2. Lossless Lines. General Properties


3. Lines with Loss in the Beginning of the Transient Regime


4. Lossy Lines Satisfying the Heaviside Condition


5. The Influence of Skin Effect


6. An Equivalent Lumped Circuit for a Line


7. Appendix

Exercises

Chapter V. Lines in the Sinusoidal Steady State


1. Preliminary Definitions


2. Solution of the Line Equations, and the Secondary Parameters Zc and γ


3. Characteristic Impedance for Some Special Cases


4. Interpretation of γ


5. Decomposition of the Steady State into Two Traveling Waves


6. The Matched Line


7. Approximate Values of γ. Propagation Velocity as a Function of Frequency (Dispersion)


8. Impedance Seen Looking into a Line


9. The Lossless Line as an Impedance Transformer


10. Conclusion

Chapter VI. Solutions to Exercises

Exercises for Chapter II

Exercises for Chapter III

Exercises for Chapter IV

Subject Index