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Microwave Transmission line basics

This article describes microwave transmission line basics and mention types of transmission lines and
their advantages.
Transmission lines are means of transporting RF energy between subsystems. They have many
applications between exciter OUT port to the transmitter IN port and also from transmitter OUT port to
the antenna INPUT port. Transmission lines are characterized by basic three electronic components R,
L and C as shown in the following figure. The other way of transporting RF frequency is waveguide.
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Types of Transmission Lines
Following are the types of transmission lines.
Parallel Line
Coaxial line (standard)
Waveguide
. Optical fiber cable
Microstrip line
Transmission Line Characteristic Impedance
As shown in the figure, Transmission line is also referred as RLC network and its characteristic
impedance Zo depends on per unit of length parameters R (Resistance), G (Conductance),
L(Inductance) and C(Capacitance) and their relationship equation is mentioned below.

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