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Your printed circuit board design may have started with just yourself or a small team of people, but by the time it is completed there will be a lot more involved. There will be people checking to make sure that Read Article The Mysterious 50 Ohm Impedance: Where It Came From and Why We Use It 50 Ohm impedance became the standard impedance used in RF transmission lines long ago, but it is still useful today and is a standard reference impedance used in test equipment. Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page60 Current page61 Page62 Page63 Page64 Page65 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
