Mastering EMC One Level at a Time

LEVEL 5 - Transmission Lines for EMC Engineers

This page is under construction. Target completion date is September 2026.  

  • Transmission Lines in the Time Domain
  • Transmission Lines in the Frequency Domain
  • Modeling Discontinuities in Transmission Lines
  • The Time Domain Reflectometer
These topics are worth reviewing if they were not part of your university education or if you are not completely comfortable with them. Once you've mastered these essential engineering fundamentals, you're ready to move to the next level.

EMC Standards
and Software

EMC Question
of the Week

A 100-MHz sine wave is measured with a 50-Ω oscilloscope and displays a peak amplitude of 2.0 volts. The same signal measured on a 50-Ω spectrum analyzer should have a single narrow-band peak with an amplitude of  

  1. 6 dB(μV)
  2. 120 dB(μV)
  3. 123 dB(μV)
  4. 126 dB(μV)

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sine wave displayed on an oscilloscope