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[AMPS] staggered resonance effects in VHF suppressors

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Subject: [AMPS] staggered resonance effects in VHF suppressors
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 98 14:03:29 -0800
>
>Rich replied:
>
>>If the VHF current path through Lsup encounters a different anount of 
>>inductance than the VHF current through the through Rsup path encounters  
>> (and the magnetic fields from the two current paths are not coupled)  
>>two anode-circuit resonances are created.  The effect is like tuning an 
>>IF transformer for wider bandwidth -- i.e., the primary of the IF 
>>transformer is tuned to a different frequency than the secondary is tuned 
>>to.  The result is increased bandwidth/lower-Q.  
>
>I'm having trouble following this. It appears to say that the suppressor
>choke should be made to be self resonant at the same frequency as the
>parasitic resonance circuit, and then damped to have a Q of 1.

No.  The two anode-circuit resonances have nothing to do with the 
self-resonance of Lsup. 
Typical anode-circuits resonate at 60 - 160 MHz.  Typical, 100nH Lsups 
for 1000w amplifiers self-resonate above 500MHz.  



Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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