Characteristic impedance

Characteristic impedance
Schematic representation of a circuit where a source is coupled to a load with a transmission line having characteristic impedance Z0.

The characteristic impedance or surge impedance of a uniform transmission line, usually written Z0, is the ratio of the amplitudes of a single pair of voltage and current waves propagating along the line in the absence of reflections. The SI unit of characteristic impedance is the ohm. The characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line is purely real, that is, there is no imaginary component (Z0 = | Z0 | + j0). Characteristic impedance appears like a resistance in this case, such that power generated by a source on one end of an infinitely long lossless transmission line is transmitted through the line but is not dissipated in the line itself. A transmission line of finite length (lossless or lossy) that is terminated at one end with a resistor equal to the characteristic impedance (ZL = Z0) appears to the source like an infinitely long transmission line.

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Transmission line model

Basic definition
The ratio of voltage applied to the current is called the input impedance; the input impedance of the infinite line is called the characteristic impedance.
Schematic representation of the elementary components of a transmission line.

Applying the transmission line model based on the telegrapher's equations, the general expression for the characteristic impedance of a transmission line is:

Z_0=\sqrt{\frac{R+j\omega L}{G+j\omega C}}

where

R is the resistance per unit length,
L is the inductance per unit length,
G is the conductance of the dielectric per unit length,
C is the capacitance per unit length,
j is the imaginary unit, and
ω is the angular frequency.

The voltage and current phasors on the line are related by the characteristic impedance as:

\frac{V^+}{I^+} = Z_0 = -\frac{V^-}{I^-}

where the superscripts + and represent forward- and backward-traveling waves, respectively.

Lossless line

For a lossless line, R and G are both zero, so the equation for characteristic impedance reduces to:

Z_0 = \sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}

The imaginary term j has also canceled out, making Z0 a real expression, and so is purely resistive with a magnitude of \sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}.

Surge impedance loading

In electric power transmission, the characteristic impedance of a transmission line is expressed in terms of the surge impedance loading (SIL), or natural loading, being the power loading at which reactive power is neither produced nor absorbed:

\mathit{SIL}=\frac{{V_\mathrm{LL}}^2}{Z_0}

in which VLL is the line-to-line voltage in volts.

Loaded below its SIL, a line supplies lagging reactive power to the system, tending to raise system voltages. Above it, the line absorbs reactive power, tending to depress the voltage. The Ferranti effect describes the voltage gain towards the remote end of a very lightly loaded (or open ended) transmission line. Underground cables normally have a very low characteristic impedance, resulting in an SIL that is typically in excess of the thermal limit of the cable. Hence a cable is almost always a source of lagging reactive power.

See also

References

  • Guile, A. E. (1977). Electrical Power Systems. ISBN 0-0802-1729-X. 
  • Pozar, D. M. (February 2004). Microwave Engineering (3rd edition ed.). ISBN 0-471-44878-8. 
  • Ulaby, F. T. (2004). Fundamentals Of Applied Electromagnetics (media edition ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-185089-X. 

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document "Federal Standard 1037C".


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