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mmaassel
 Post subject: Circulating Currents in Filters
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:01 pm 
 
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Good day.

I am looking for information (books, magazine articles, general guidelines, etc.) about the circulating current (this is what I call it) in a filter or matching network.

For example: the output of a power amplifier goes through the matching network and then a low-pass filter. Current will "circulate" between the capacitors and inductors, sometimes very high current.

If my memory serves me correctly, the Q of the circuit and/or the individual components has a direct effect on the this current.

Thank you
MM




Posted  11/12/2012