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Reflection factors for special cases

Notc thc values given in Tablc 2.1 for T v(L) obtaincd with various values of thc load impdcdanccZL.

It is worth committing this table to memory. A good aid to doing so is to translate it into words such as: when the linę is terminated in a resistance equal to its own charactcristic

impcdancc. thc linę is said to be matched. and therc is no reflection. when thc linę is terminated in an open Circuit, thc reflection factor is one. and thc reflected wavc has the same amplitudę and sign as thc incidcnt wavc: and when thc linę is terminated in a short Circuit, the reflection factor is minus one, and the reflected wave has the same amplitudę as the incident wave, but has the opposite sign.