[AMPS] Conjugate Matching and Efficiency

[Jon Ogden]

on 5/26/01 6:27 PM, 2 at 2@vc.net wrote:

>> The source does not have to "produce" the RF power when the load
>> isn't matched. The sources we use are energy converters that
>> convert a dc source to RF with a time-varying resistance.
> 
> €  RE:  " RF with a time-varying resistance";    It seems to me that the
> "time-varying resistance" is with the amplification circuitry, and it is
> not with the RF output.

I think that's what he's saying, Rich.  As the output RF waveform varies
over time, the resistance (or a better term is impedance) of the source will
vary over time as well.

73,

Jon
NA9D

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

Member:  ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA

http://www.qsl.net/ke9na

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