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- From: ming@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yang Ming)
- Subject: Re: SWR Tuning and PLL
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 21:06:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.153913.25266@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
-
- >mirror. The only effect of the reverse wave on the transmitter is to
- >shift the operating point, which under certain conditions can reduce
- >the *efficiency* with which the stage turns DC power to RF power.
- >*That* can cause the output stage to get hot, but it has *absorbed*
- >none of the reverse power. It is not a load.
- >
-
- This explanation is questionable. As well understood, the operating point is
- determined by the DC bias. Of course when working in nonlinear region, the
- operating point also moves with the magnitude of the power, but a) this is
- only secondary effect, and b) most amplifiers work in linear region.
-
- It's not true that output stage is not a load. There is a parameter called
- *output impedance* for every circuit, which has both real and imaginary
- parts. Physically speaking, the output stage is nothing elso but a piece
- of semiconductor, which has bulk resistance. This absorbs power.
-
- Generally all amplifiers absorb power. The picture is clearer if we look at
- vacuum amplifiers. High power radar has to use non-reciprocal devices such
- as isolators or circulators to absorb or re-reflect the return power. It is
- a risk of burning down your magnitron in your microwave oven if you turn it on
- with out any food in the oven (open circuit, which is the same as short circuit
- for microwave, all power is reflected to output device.), or if you run the
- machine with some matel objects in the oven (reactive load, which reflects
- a lot of power.).
-
- Ming.
-