dualcoax(1)

✨ dualcoax(1) ✨

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing transmission line math today and honestly? it's giving iconic. this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and it's about a lil tool called dualcoax 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

dualcoax — figure out the impedance of a coaxial structure that's got two concentric dielectrics stacked up in there. two!! layers!! 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dualcoax D1 D2 D3 Er1 Er2

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, dualcoax computes the impedance of a dualcoaxial cable — that's a coax with two concentric dielectrics (iykyk) — and you feed it the geometry plus the material properties. here's the whole vibe check on the args:

• D1 — the outside diameter of the inner conductor. the tiny lil core guy. 👑
• D2 — the outside diameter of the inner dielectric. that's the first layer wrapped around him.
• D3 — the outside diameter of the outer dielectric, which is also the inside diameter of the outer conductor. yes bestie, one number doing double duty, we love efficiency. 🫶
• Er1 — the relative permittivity of the inner dielectric.
• Er2 — the relative permittivity of the outer dielectric.

that's it. that's the whole assignment. five numbers in, impedance out. periodt. ✨

🍓 FILES 🍓

lowkey the easiest section ever: dualcoax does not read or write any files. no file drama, no temp files, no nothing. it's a clean girl. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, in alphabetical-ish order, all invited to the group chat:

• atlc(1)
• coax(1)
• create_bmp_for_circ_in_circ(1)
• create_bmp_for_circ_in_rect(1)
• create_bmp_for_microstrip_coupler(1)
• create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect(1)
• create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect_coupler(1)
• create_bmp_for_rect_in_circ(1)
• create_bmp_for_rect_in_rect(1)
• create_bmp_for_stripline_coupler(1)
• create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline(1)
• design_coupler(1)
• find_optimal_dimensions_for_microstrip_coupler(1)
• readbin(1)

and the links, because we always cite our sources 💖:

• http://atlc.sourceforge.net — Home page
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/atlc — Download area
• /usr/local/share/atlc/docs/html-docs/index.html — HTML docs
• /usr/local/share/atlc/docs/qex-december-1996/atlc.pdf — theory paper
• /usr/local/share/atlc/examples — examples

fr fr, go read the theory paper if you wanna know why the math works. the man page tells you what to type, not the whole lore. 📚

okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially a dualcoax girlie now 💅✨ authored by Dr. David Kirkby, shipped as part of atlc-4.6.0, dated 28th Oct 2003 — no cap, that's the sign-off, mwah 🎀💖🦋