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[AMPS] Conjugate Matching and Efficiency

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Subject: [AMPS] Conjugate Matching and Efficiency
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 09:31:51 -0700
>
>Several posts have referred to reflected power from a mismatched filter.
>People have reasoned, "If the output is 3 dB down, then the power has to go
>somewhere".  But, it's also reasonable to consider that the source never
>generated the power at all because it didn't have enough voltage swing to
>work into a higher impedance, or enough current swing to work into a lower
>impedance, or the reactance caused phase differences between voltage and
>current.
>
?  ... good points.  

cheers, Jeff,  

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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