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How do discontinuities cause reflections?
If you have a long transmission line with characteristic impedance Z0 and somewhere along that line at point P it changes to Z1, you will have partial reflection and partial transmission at P.
But how and why does it happen? Is it because of inductance and back emf? If so does it purely RC transmission line that changes in impedance not reflect?
Is it possible for a discontinuity to not cause a reflection?
If you have a long transmission line with characteristic impedance Z0 and somewhere along that line at point P it changes to Z1, you will have partial reflection and partial transmission at P.
But how and why does it happen? Is it because of inductance and back emf? If so does it purely RC transmission line that changes in impedance not reflect?
Is it possible for a discontinuity to not cause a reflection?