Abstract
Transmission lines provide vital links in virtually all communications and computer systems. In their simplest forms (figures 1.1a and b ) they date from the early days of the electric telegraph and the telephone, and the parallel-wire line is still widely used today in open-wire form and in multi-pair cables.
Cross section for some common forms of transmission line
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S. B. Cohn, ‘Problems in Strip Transmission Lines’, I.R.E. Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, 3 (1955) p. 119.
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Davidson, C.W. (1989). Basic Transmission Lines. In: Transmission Lines for Communications. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19995-2_1
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