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Douglas C. Smith
P.O. Box 1457
Los Gatos, CA 95031
Phone: 800-323-3956
Phone: 408-356-4186
Email: doug@dsmith.org
Website: http://www.dsmith.org
HFSh-2 HFSh-3
HFSh-6 HFSh-7
V1 < V2 V1 = V2
Shield Current
Current
HFSh-10 HFSh-11
• Shielded cables work by inducing the shield High frequency current tends to crowd near the
noise into the center conductor in a way that surface of a conductor.
cancels in the signal load.
The skin depth is defined as the depth in
• Shield resistance, holes in the shield, and
conducting material at which the current density
pigtails limit shielding effectiveness.
is reduced to 37% (1/e) of its value at the
• Shielding effectiveness is often 2% due to the surface.
shield characteristics and 98% due to the
shield connections at the ends of the cable!
HFfa-22 HFfa-23
EXPERIMENT #2 EXPERIMENT #2
Extended Center Conductor (Driven End of Cable)
hfmd-h35 hfmd-h36
EXPERIMENT #2 EXPERIMENT #2
(Load End of Cable) (Load End: Extension of Center Conductor)
EXPERIMENT #2 EXPERIMENT #2
Current Probe Positions
10 ma/div
hfmd-h39
EXPERIMENT #2
40 ma/div
40 ma/div