If you take a quarter wavelength line and place a short at the end, it looks like an open at the input. An open at the output reflects back as a short. True for odd multiples of lambda/4. Can use same property to make a narrow band impedance transformer. Z of line = SQRT( Zin * Zout) Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Robison Michael R CNIN [mailto:Robison_M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:01 AM > To: 'si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: [SI-LIST] SI software question thanks > > > I want to thank everybody who responded to my questions. Your > answers have given me a number of places to look for SI training > and I think I'll talk to Cadence about the Power software before > we firm up our buy with them. > > Just reading the list has been enlightening. There are some things > that just go right over the top of my head. For instance, the > gentleman that mentioned the issue with placing his bypass caps > a quarter wavelength away from the chip, and that turning a low > impedance device into a high impedance device. What does the > fractional distance of a wavelength have to do with impedance? > > Thanks, Michael Robison > 812-854-4953 > Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > *************************************************************************** Allen Telecom Inc. and Grayson Wireless were acquired by Andrew Corporation (http://www.andrew.com/ <http://www.andrew.com/> ) Please update your email address book to reflect the change of address reflected in the From: portion of this email. **************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu