Shekh, Inductive coupling induces current in the victim loop. If you follow the current loop, the generated voltages at the near end and far end will have opposite direction. Regards, Istvan Novak SUN Microsystems shekhar sharma wrote: >Hello all, > I need some explaination in near and far end crosstalk due to > mutual inductance. One is the driver wire causing crosstalk on quite wire due > to mutual inductance. Is the following statement true: >"Mutual inductance causes positive waves to appear near the transmitter end of >the quiet wire (near end inductance) and negative waves at the receiver end of >the transmission line (far end crosstalk)". >Why the polarity of crosstalk is different at near and far end? > >Thanking you in advance, > >Shekh > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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