Below is the first time-domain transmission line “sequencer problem” that appeared in 2003 to test student’s knowledge of terminations, charged lines, reactive elements, cascades, and various other circuit behaviors. Believed (incorrectly) by many students to have been invented by Prof. Durgin specifically for the sadistic torture of Georgia Tech ECE 3025 students, these problems do nicely encapsulate two weeks of time-domain transmission line material in one single exercise. If you need some help understanding the concept, this lengthy video sample problem might make a good starting point.
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