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A microstrip line connecting two chips carries a 100MHz digital clocking signal which is, ideally, ...
A microstrip line connecting two chips carries a 100MHz digital clocking signal which is, ideally, a square wave. The source-side chip is matched to the transmission line, while the load-side chip is unmatched with parasitic capacitance. This system can be modeled as the following circuit: We know from signal analysis that the square wave pulse train can be represented as a Fourier Series - a superposition of harmonic cosines. The first 4 non-zero frequencies for this particular clocking signal is 0,100,300, and 500MHz. Calculate the steady-state impedance of the transmission line, Zin?, as seen from the source side for these 4 frequencies.