May 26th 04, 05:17 PM
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 09:05:30 -0500, (Richard
Harrison) wrote:
Richard Clark wrote:
"The Thevenin model only requires an IMPEDANCE."
Yes, but "To secure maximum power output from a generator whose emf and
whose internal impedance are constant, the load must have an impedance
equal to the conjugate of the generator`s internal impedance." (page 43,
"Transmission Lines, Antennas, and Wave Guides", King, Mimno, and Wing)
Hi Richard,
Not if it is strictly resistive. This is the rhetorical dance of
conditions. Too many arguments turn on a resistive load, and then
demand efficiency in terms of a resistive Thevenin model. That just
doesn't pass.
73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC
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