Lecture

Reflection at Discontinuities: Transmission Line Terminations

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EE-200: Electromagnetics I : Transmission lines and waves

Le signal électrique est un vecteur essentiel pour la transmission d'information et d'énergie. En haute fréquence elle se manifeste comme un signal électromagnétique dont l'étude demande le développement de modèles physiques et mathématiques spécifiques ba ...

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This lecture discusses the reflection coefficient of loads in transmission lines, focusing on resistive and reactive terminations. It explains how boundary conditions are imposed by terminations, generating reflected voltages and currents. The lecture also covers the behavior of transmission lines with resistive loads, the generation of square waves, and the conditions for wave reflection. Various scenarios of disturbances and reflections on discontinuities are analyzed, emphasizing the importance of impedance matching and the absence of reflections in certain cases.

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Romain Christophe Rémy Fleury

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Robin boundary condition

In mathematics, the Robin boundary condition (ˈrɒbɪn; properly ʁɔbɛ̃), or third type boundary condition, is a type of boundary condition, named after Victor Gustave Robin (1855–1897). When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, it is a specification of a linear combination of the values of a function and the values of its derivative on the boundary of the domain. Other equivalent names in use are Fourier-type condition and radiation condition.

Dirichlet boundary condition

In the mathematical study of differential equations, the Dirichlet (or first-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859). When imposed on an ordinary or a partial differential equation, it specifies the values that a solution needs to take along the boundary of the domain. In finite element method (FEM) analysis, essential or Dirichlet boundary condition is defined by weighted-integral form of a differential equation.

Neumann boundary condition

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Cauchy boundary condition

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