Equivalent transformations for the mixed lumped Richards section and distributed transmission line

The authors introduce an analysis method for nonuniform transmission lines. Equivalent transformations between a circuit consisting of a cascade connection of a lumped Richards section, an ideal transformer, and a distributed transmission line and one consisting of a cascade connection of a class of a nonuniform transmission line, a lumped Richards section, and an ideal transformer, are given. Characteristic impedance distributions of these nonuniform transmission lines are expressed as hyperbolic or trigonometric functions. It is quite difficult to find the exact network functions of nonuniform transmission lines from the telegraph equation, but by using the equivalent transformation described it becomes possible to obtain exact network functions of a class of nonuniform transmission lines.<
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