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Line with a Slight Mismatch at the Load

 
In this example, the load is 60 W and the impedance of the transmission line is 50 W.  As a result, the G is not quite 0 and a small standing wave can be seen wobbling on top of the traveling wave voltage.
 

Slight Mismatch Voltages

 
Notes:
  • The VSWR of this example is only 1.2.  For a lot of applications, this level of reflection is tolerable.

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