6.12 TRANSIENT ANALYS IS: REFLEIONS 229
When v+ reaches the end of the line, a reected wave originates of value
and so
v -=
(�) 120 = 60 V
V
R
= 120 + 60 = 180 V
When
I =
2T, the reected wave arrives at the sending end where the sending-end
reection coecient
P
s is calculated by Eq. (6.90). The line termination for the
reected wave is
Z
s' the impedance in series with the source, or zero in this case.
So,
0-30
P
R
=
-1
0
+
30
ancl a rc l1eeteu wave of - 60 V starts toward the receiving end to keep the
sending-e ncl vo ltage equal to 120 V. This new wave reaches the receiving end at
t = 3T and reccts toward the sending end
a wave of
1
-
( - 60)
2
and the receiving-end voltage becomes
-30 V
VR
=
180 - 60 - 30 = 90 V
An excellent method of keeping track of the various reections as they occur
is the lattice diagram shown in Fig. 6.14(b). Here time is measured along the
vertical axis in intervals of T. On the slant lines there are recorded the values of
the incident and reected waves. In the space between the slant lines there are
shown the sum of all the waves above and the current or \'oltage fo r a point in that
area of the chart. For instance, at x equal to three-fourths of the line length and
t
=
4.2ST the intersection of the dashed lines through these points is within the
area which indicates the voltage is 90 V.
Figure 6.14(c) shows the receiving-end voltage plotted against time. The
voltage is a pproach ing its steady-sta te value of 120 V.
Lattice diagrams for current may also be drawn. We must remember,
however, that the reection coecient for current is always the negative of the
re