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Richard Clark wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:06:18 GMT, gwhite wrote: It is about DC to RF efficiency, Put a number to it. as I've been pointing out since my first post, and which you initially commented was "nonsense" Hi OM, And so it remains with additional elaborations not quoted here. but now seem to agree with. Seeming is a rather insubstantial thing to hang your theories on. Well they are apparently your's too! Your own example of testing your own PA said absolutely zip about output-Z. The most you could say is how the circuit is loaded and its RF/DC efficiency. You're agreeing with me and can't even seem to recognize it. "Impedance matching" meant in the normal sense of conjugate matching for maximum transfer of power And this reveals the error of "Seeming" because the so-called meaning you ascribe is this same nonsense. Here's the original quote [Ken]: "When the correct matching is done, the antenna works as an impedance mathcing network that matches the output stages impedance to the radiation resistance." He brought up "matching to the output impedance" (of the device), not me. There is no "misinterpretation of meaning" when it comes to making statements about matching output impedance to a load impedance. The meaning is well-understood and precise. It means conjugate matching for maximum power transfer, and this is explicitly sourced from small signal theory. Small signal theory is oblivious to practical factors like supply rails and efficiency. These practical factors are paramount in PA design. Thus to apply a theory that ignores paramount factors is to beg a design which will likely be non-optimal. Pay more attention to reading instead of writing. I'm paying attention, you agree with me but don't have the background to understand it. It has been pointed out more than once, and by several, that Matching comes under many headings. The most frequent violation is the mixing of concepts and specifications (your text is littered with such clashes). No, you still don't get it. I don't have a problem with saying it is "matched." For example, I said a PA needs to be "load-line matched." This has a specific meaning, and that meaning explicitly isn't "impedanced matched," which means something else. If you don't bother to know what the words mean, I might as well speak Swahili. is a misapplied small signal concept/model. I think that is all I've really been saying. And I preserved this clash quoted above as an example. If there is any misapplication, you brought it to the table with this forced presumption. There is no forced presumption. The words have explicit definitions. If you don't know the language, you have no way of communicating. The misapplication of S parameters to a large signal amplifier is one thing, to project this error backwards into the fictive theory that there is some difference between large and small signal BEHAVIOR (not modeling) is tailoring the argument to suit a poorly framed thesis. The models come from behavior and/or device physics, and were developed for the express purpose of efficient design methodology. Small signal models can (and do) conveniently ignore large signal concerns such as efficiency and supply rails, because such concerns are irrelevent in the small signal milieu. To apply a model to a milieu for which the model is not suited begs a non-optimal design. The output-impedance concept itself is quite dubious for large signal amplifiers. None of your dissertation reveals any practical substantiation, hence it falls into the realm of armchair theory. We get plenty of that embroidered with photonic wave theory that is far more amusing. You are off track. |
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I read in sci.electronics.design that gwhite wrote
(in ) about '1/4 vs 1/2 wavelength antenna', on Wed, 2 Mar 2005: I might as well speak Swahili. Good idea! Furahini mkaimbe. The wrangling is getting tiresome. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. The good news is that nothing is compulsory. The bad news is that everything is prohibited. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:06:32 GMT, gwhite wrote:
but now seem to agree with. Seeming is a rather insubstantial thing to hang your theories on. Well they are apparently your's too! Hi OM, From seeming to appearances - leaps of faith are better suited for debate at the Vatican. The remainder, unquoted due to repetition of the same basic errors, has already been commented upon in another posting. Oh, except the more entertaining jousts: Pay more attention to reading instead of writing. I'm paying attention, you agree with me but don't have the background to understand it. Mmm-hmm :-) To be so eagerly embraced as a fellow fool! Something of the chess equivalent of the sacrificial queen gambit. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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In article , gwhite wrote:
[...] Here's the original quote [Ken]: "When the correct matching is done, the antenna works as an impedance mathcing network that matches the output stages impedance to the radiation resistance." Yes, I stand by and have just in another part of the thread once again explained that indeed the impedance is matched. ie: If you make a small change in the impedance in any direction the power decreases. Increasing the resistance is the obvious one. The other three are because the protection circuits act. The OP had a completed transmitter he was connecting to a length of wire. -- -- forging knowledge |
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Ken Smith wrote:
In article , gwhite wrote: [...] Here's the original quote [Ken]: "When the correct matching is done, the antenna works as an impedance mathcing network that matches the output stages impedance to the radiation resistance." Yes, I stand by and have just in another part of the thread once again explained that indeed the impedance is matched. ie: If you make a small change in the impedance in any direction the power decreases. Driven to max swing, this is true. But it is because of asymmetrical clipping, not because of conjugate mismatch. For lower drives, what you say won't necessarily be true *unless* you've mis-designed according to conjugate match ideals. Your argument is circular. If you design for conjugate match, you're right. I'm saying: don't do that. If I design for load line match and you design for conjugate max (both pf us using the same device and supply), I will get a higher peak power than you will. However, you'll get to be right about how your amp acts regarding diverging from conjugate load. But it is irrelevent: you made a fundamental mistake. Increasing the resistance is the obvious one. The other three are because the protection circuits act. The OP had a completed transmitter he was connecting to a length of wire. |
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