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Transmission Line for a capacitor bank
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impedance matching · reflections
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When a transmission line meets a load that does not match its impedance, part of the wave reflects. Incident and reflected waves combine into a standing-wave pattern measured by the VSWR. A perfect match (RL = Z₀, XL = 0) gives VSWR 1 and no reflection — the goal of every antenna and RF design.
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Reflection |Γ|0.200
VSWR1.50 : 1
Return loss14.0 dB
Matchpoor
Governing equation
Reading this result: A large resistive mismatch reflects much of the wave, giving a high VSWR and deep nulls in the standing-wave pattern.
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