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PUBLICATIONS

Characteristic Impedance, Power, and Causality

Published

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Bradley K. Alpert

Abstract

A new causal power-normalized waveguide equivalent-circuit theory determines uniquely both the magnitude and phase of the characteristic impedance of a waveguide.
Citation
IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1109/75.766757

Keywords

Causality, characteristic impedance, microwave circuit theory

Citation

Williams, D. and Alpert, B. (1999), Characteristic Impedance, Power, and Causality, IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/75.766757 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created May 1, 1999, Updated November 10, 2018
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