-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Ward <billydeanward@hotmail.com>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: 25 May 2001 18:41
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Conjugate Matching and Efficiency
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>STEVE:
>For power to be reflected, doesn't the source have to be a transmission
>line? A series C can reduce the power delivered to a load just by adding
>reactance and increasing the overall impedance thus reducing the current.
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>BILLY:
>But, the series C will be dissipating the unwanted power--not reflecting
it.
> If you want proof of that use a low voltage cap and feel for the heat.
As Tom said, a perfect capacitor would not heat up. A real capacitor has
some resistance, and it's there that the heat is generated. The amount of
resistance varies according to the dielectric material and capacitance
value. Low loss dielectrics always seem to cost lots more.
Steve
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