Distributed capacitance effects Q?
Does anyone know why the distributed winding capacitance of a loop
antenna, or any inductor, degrades the efficiency?
It would seem that a loop antenna with 100pF of winding capacitance in
parallel with a external capacitor of 200pF would resonate at the
same frequency as a antenna with no winding capacitance and a external
capacitor of 300pF,but apparently that's not the case.
The best explanation I got was that winding capacitance represents
'low Q' and a external tuning capacitor represents ' High Q'
What is the difference between high and low Q, and why should a loop
antenna with no winding capacitance perform any better than one with
50% of the total capacitance in the windings? Where is the energy
loss?
Thanks,
-Bill
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