On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:24:33 -0800, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++Conjugate match is needed for maximum power transfer.
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+++IMPEDANCE match... for maximum power transfer. A 'conjugate' match is
+++when the impedances are complex, which isn't always the case.
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I have found that it is rare in the real world that impeadances are
not complex. Outside transimission lines, there is little that is not
complex. Then again when you conjugate match, the imaginary part of
the complex impedances is nulified and you are then left with the real
part.

james