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8: Fast electronics and transient behavior on TEM lines

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  • 8.1: Propagation and reflection of transient signals on TEM transmission lines
    This page examines the principles and challenges of lossless transmission lines, focusing on wave propagation, reflections, and signal distortion. It explains the behavior of transverse electromagnetic (TEM) waves, highlighting wave equations for voltage and current, the impact of impedance mismatches, and boundary conditions.
  • 8.2: Limits Posed by Devices and Wires
    This page provides a comprehensive overview of electronic device models, focusing on vacuum tubes and semiconductors. It explores the physical principles, emphasizing time constants, junction capacitance effects, and circuit design impacts on operational frequencies. The analysis includes the influence of wire characteristics on resistance and performance, as well as semiconductor properties like energy gaps, doping, and p-n junction behavior under different biases.
  • 8.3: Distortions due to loss and dispersion
    This page discusses the challenges posed by lossy transmission lines in electronics due to resistance and leakage, affecting signal integrity, particularly in integrated circuits. Key concepts include the telegraphers' equations, frequency-dependent propagation, and the balance of R/L and G/C.


This page titled 8: Fast electronics and transient behavior on TEM lines is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by David H. Staelin (MIT OpenCourseWare) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

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