Date of Award
Winter 2012
Project Type
Thesis
Program or Major
Electrical Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science
First Advisor
Allan D Drake
Abstract
Spirally shielded twinaxial cable assemblies are extensively used in multi-gigabit-per-second digital telecommunications systems. Unlike ideally shielded Twinaxial cables, spirally shielded cables exhibit resonant behavior which limits system throughput.
This body of work illustrates a predictive method for determining resonant behavior in twinaxial cables through physical measurement of commercially available cables and analogous transmission line fixtures, full-wave and quasi-static simulations, and equivalent circuit analysis.
It will be shown that frequency dependent standing wave resonances in twinaxial cables are independent of cable length and dependent on cross-sectional feature sizes, dielectric properties, and spiral shield pitch.
Recommended Citation
Levine, David Richard, "An investigation on the resonance observed in a spirally shielded twinaxial differential pair" (2012). Master's Theses and Capstones. 762.
https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/762