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What does CI stand for?

Characteristic Impedance


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Frequency dependence of the characteristic impedance, The characteristic impedance is defined in the well-known equation: [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.
The formulations correlate the characteristic impedance ([Z.
Connectors with lower characteristic impedance increase margin in high performance backplane systems by minimizing impedance discontinuity between the board footprint and the connector, improving channel linearity.
Each line should then be terminated with its characteristic impedance at the destination end, which may require the addition of parts on the DUT or in the fixture as close to the DUT as possible.
Since all electrically conductive materials have their own characteristic impedance (the value of resistance that electricity has during electrification), this is a contributing factor in how much electrification a wire can withstand.
[Editor's Note: In Issue 89's "Skeptimania' column the statement was made that Better Cables' Silver Serpent cable "appears to have a characteristic impedance of 150 ohms, which is meaningless for audio frequencies.
A prototype of the CPW aperture antenna is designed at a central frequency around 10 GHz and the computed input impedance is approximately 50 W similar to the characteristic impedance of the feed transmission line.
Terminating the Single-Ended SCSI bus has historically been done with passive terminators at both ends of the bus, equal to the nominal cable characteristic impedance.

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