Quantcast
Channel: Active questions tagged transfer-function - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 229

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem Question

$
0
0

I'm missing something here. The maximum power transfer theorem states that max power transfer from source to load happens when source impedance matches load impedance.

In the case of a 10V source with an impedance of 5 ohms driving a load impedance of 5 ohms, power transfer to the load would be 5 watts, for an efficiency of 50%.

In the case of a 10V source with an impedance of 1 ohm driving a load impedance of 9 ohms, power transfer to the load would be 9 watts, with an efficiency of 90%.

This seems to contradict the theorem, what am I missing?


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 229

Trending Articles



<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>