Signal at load for Transmission Line Laboratory (last revised March 1, 2003)

times in s, resistance in ohms, capacitance in farads, inductance in henries, signal in volts

impedance of cable

incident pulse height

incident pulse width

cable delay

total down and back time is 300 ns, cable delay is 150 ns

initial pulse

F is Heaviside step function. Incident pulse has leading and trailing edges.

graphing parameters

define nanoseconds

Plot incident pulse

pure capacitance as termination

capacitance

time constant

signal at load, VL

pure inductance as termination

pure resistance as termination

pure resistance as termination, R > Zc

pure resistor, R < Zc

series RC

series RC, R > Zc

series RC, R = Zc

series RC, R < Zc

parallel RC

parallel RC, R > Zc

parallel RC, R = Zc

parallel RC, R < Zc

series RL

series RL, R > Zc

series RL, R = Zc

series RL, R < Zc

parallel RL

parallel RL, R > Zc

parallel RL, R = Zc

parallel RL, R < Zc