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  2. Electrical impedance - Wikipedia

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    In electrical engineering, impedance is the opposition to alternating current presented by the combined effect of resistance and reactance in a circuit. [1]Quantitatively, the impedance of a two-terminal circuit element is the ratio of the complex representation of the sinusoidal voltage between its terminals, to the complex representation of the current flowing through it. [2]

  3. Impedance - Wikipedia

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    Impedance matching, the adjustment of input impedance and output impedance; Mechanical impedance, a measure of opposition to motion of a structure subjected to a force; Wave impedance, a constant related to electromagnetic wave propagation in a medium Impedance of free space, a universal constant and the simplest case of a wave impedance

  4. Characteristic impedance - Wikipedia

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    The input impedance of an infinite line is equal to the characteristic impedance since the transmitted wave is never reflected back from the end. Equivalently: The characteristic impedance of a line is that impedance which, when terminating an arbitrary length of line at its output, produces an input impedance of equal value. This is so because ...

  5. Impedance parameters - Wikipedia

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    Impedance parameters or Z-parameters (the elements of an impedance matrix or Z-matrix) are properties used in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, and communication systems engineering to describe the electrical behavior of linear electrical networks.

  6. Impedance matching - Wikipedia

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    In electrical engineering, impedance matching is the practice of designing or adjusting the input impedance or output impedance of an electrical device for a desired value. Often, the desired value is selected to maximize power transfer or minimize signal reflection .

  7. Output impedance - Wikipedia

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    The output impedance is a measure of the source's propensity to drop in voltage when the load draws current, the source network being the portion of the network that transmits and the load network being the portion of the network that consumes. Because of this the output impedance is sometimes referred to as the source impedance or internal ...

  8. Wave impedance - Wikipedia

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    The wave impedance of an electromagnetic wave is the ratio of the transverse components of the electric and magnetic fields ...

  9. Mechanical impedance - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical impedance is a measure of how much a structure resists motion when subjected to a harmonic force. It relates forces with velocities acting on a mechanical system. The mechanical impedance of a point on a structure is the ratio of the force applied at a point to the resulting velocity at that point. [1] [2]