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mahak

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hi all,

can anybody plz tell how do we measure cahracteristic impedence of a
cable, may it be coaxial, stp, utp or power cable.it looks impedence
matching and trying to get the maximum power. i s there any other way?
 
"mahak" <mahakgarg@gmail.com> wrote in message
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hi all,

can anybody plz tell how do we measure cahracteristic impedence of a
cable, may it be coaxial, stp, utp or power cable.it looks impedence
matching and trying to get the maximum power. i s there any other way?
If you really want to do this look here:
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:-K9ty8myB2YJ:sist.fnal.gov/archive/2000-topics/Owusu/owusu.doc+measuring+characteristic+impedance+of+cable&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us


Tom
 
mahak wrote:

hi all,

can anybody plz tell how do we measure cahracteristic impedence of a
cable, may it be coaxial, stp, utp or power cable.it looks impedence
matching and trying to get the maximum power. i s there any other way?
Well, you can safely forget about the concept for an equipment power cable.

Graham
 
"mahak" <mahakgarg@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5c28862-86f0-4912-abab-726666dc4d14@f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
hi all,

can anybody plz tell how do we measure cahracteristic impedence of a
cable, may it be coaxial, stp, utp or power cable.it looks impedence
matching and trying to get the maximum power. i s there any other way?
Just measure it.

1] Measure the "L" with the lead ends short circuited.
2] Measure the open circuit "C"
3] Then Zo= square root of L/C

Some I did last year ...
2mtr of "75ohm" coax L=1.48uH C=146pF ... Zo=100ohm*
2mtr of 50ohm coax L=0.83uH C=168pF ... Zo=70ohm
2mtr of 'twin flex' L=1.23uH C=70pF ... Zo=132ohm
2mtr of 'mains cable' L=2.84uH C=281pF ... Zo=100ohm
3mtr CAT5 patch cable L=2.51uH C=157pF ... Zo=126ohm

(measured twice, still same result!)
 
"john jardine"

Just measure it.

1] Measure the "L" with the lead ends short circuited.
2] Measure the open circuit "C"
3] Then Zo= square root of L/C

Some I did last year ...
2mtr of "75ohm" coax L=1.48uH C=146pF ... Zo=100ohm*
2mtr of 50ohm coax L=0.83uH C=168pF ... Zo=70ohm
2mtr of 'twin flex' L=1.23uH C=70pF ... Zo=132ohm
2mtr of 'mains cable' L=2.84uH C=281pF ... Zo=100ohm
3mtr CAT5 patch cable L=2.51uH C=157pF ... Zo=126ohm

(measured twice, still same result!)

** Likely the frequency you used for the L and C measurement was not in the
normal RF range.

Zo for co-ax tends to rise at low RF and audio frequencies.




........ Phil
 
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:15:46 -0800, mahak wrote:
can anybody plz tell how do we measure cahracteristic impedence of a
cable, may it be coaxial, stp, utp or power cable.it looks impedence
matching and trying to get the maximum power. i s there any other way?
I would either look it up in the cable spec, calculate it, or measure
it with a TDR.

Good Luck!
Rich
 

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