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Power Line Communications

Lecture 2: Transmission Line Theory (Cont.)

Dr. Osama M. H. Amin
Electrical Engineering Department Assiut University

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What is this Lecture about?

1. Numerical Methods for the General Case Reference: Analysis of Multiconductor Transmission Lines, Second Edition, by

Clayton R. Paul, 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Chapters: 1 to 5.

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Numerical Methods for the General Case

If the wires are closely spaced, proximity effect will cause the

charge distributions to be nonuniform around the wire peripheries. In the case of wires that are closely spaced, the charge distributions will tend to concentrate on the adjacent surfaces (proximity effect) In order to model this effect, we will assume a form of the charge distribution around the ith wire periphery in the form of a Fourier series as a function of the peripheral angle i as

Number of unknowns

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Then voltage between two points

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Applications to Inhomogeneous Dielectric Media

At the interface between two dielectric surfaces, the boundary

condition is that the components of the electric flux density vector D that are normal to the interface must be continuous, that is, D1n = 1E1n = 2E2n = D2n. A simple way of handling inhomogeneous dielectric media is to replace the dielectrics with free space having bound charge at the interface. At places where the dielectric is adjacent to a perfect conductor, we have both free charge and bound charge, and the free charge density on the surface of the conductor is equal to the component of the electric flux density vector that is normal to the conductor surface, Dn (C/m2). Of course, the component of the electric field intensity vector that is tangent to a boundary is continuous across the boundary for an interface between two dielectrics, Et1 = Et2, and is zero at the surface of a perfect conductor.

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Thank you!
First Report Duplicate the results of sec. 5.2.3 Computed Results: Ribbon Cables in page 187