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    Foster's Reactance Theorem states that the reactance of a passive, lossless two-terminal network monotonically increases with frequency. The theorem was proven by Ronald Martin Foster in 1924 and applies to both impedance and admittance. As a consequence of the theorem, the poles and zeros of any passive immittance function must alternate as frequency increases.

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    Foster's Reactance Theorem states that the reactance of a passive, lossless two-terminal network monotonically increases with frequency. The theorem was proven by Ronald Martin Foster in 1924 and applies to both impedance and admittance. As a consequence of the theorem, the poles and zeros of any passive immittance function must alternate as frequency increases.

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    Foster's Reactance Theorem states that the reactance of a passive, lossless two-terminal network monotonically increases with frequency. The theorem was proven by Ronald Martin Foster in 1924 and applies to both impedance and admittance. As a consequence of the theorem, the poles and zeros of any passive immittance function must alternate as frequency increases.

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    Foster's Reactance Theorem states that the reactance of a passive, lossless two-terminal network monotonically increases with frequency. The theorem was proven by Ronald Martin Foster in 1924 and applies to both impedance and admittance. As a consequence of the theorem, the poles and zeros of any passive immittance function must alternate as frequency increases.

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    Fosters Reactance Theorem

    FRT
    This theorem states that the reactance of a
    passive, lossless two-terminal (one-port)
    network
    always
    monotonically
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotonic) increases with frequency.
    The proof of this theorem was presented by
    Ronald Martin Foster in 1924.

    Reactance is the imaginary part of the


    complex electrical impedance.
    The specification that the network must be
    passive and lossless implies that there are no
    resistors (lossless), or amplifiers or energy
    sources (passive) in the network.

    The network consequently must consist


    entirely of inductors and capacitors and the
    impedance will be purely an imaginary
    number with zero real part.

    Other than that, the theorem is quite general,


    in particular, it applies to distributed
    element circuits although Foster formulated it
    in terms of discrete inductors and capacitors.

    Foster's theorem applies equally to


    the admittance of a network, that is
    the susceptance (imaginary part of
    admittance) of a passive, lossless one-port
    monotonically increases with frequency.
    This result may seem counterintuitive since
    admittance is the reciprocal of impedance, but
    is easily proved.

    If an impedance

    If X is monotonically increasing with frequency


    then 1/X must be monotonically decreasing.
    1/X must consequently be monotonically
    increasing and hence it is proved that B is
    increasing also.
    It is often the case in network theory that a
    principle or procedure apply equally to
    impedance or admittance as they do here.

    It is convenient in these circumstances to use


    the concept of immittance which can mean
    either impedance or admittance.
    The mathematics are carried out without
    stating which it is or specifying units until it is
    desired to calculate a specific example.
    Foster's theorem (immittance form)

    The imaginary immittance of a passive, lossless one-port


    monotonically increases with frequency.

    Poles and zeroes


    A consequence of Foster's
    theorem
    is
    that
    the poles andzeroes of any
    passive immittance function
    must alternate with increasing
    frequency.
    After passing through a pole
    the function will be negative
    and is obliged to pass through
    zero before reaching the next
    pole if it is to be
    monotonically increasing.

    Realization
    A one-port passive immittance consisting of
    discrete elements (that is, not a distributed
    element circuit) is described as rational in that
    in can be represented as a rational function
    of s,

    This is sometimes referred to as the driving


    point impedance because it is the impedance
    at the place in the network at which the
    external circuit is connected and "drives" it
    with a signal.

    Foster's first form consists of a number of


    series connected parallel LC circuits. Foster's
    second form of driving point impedance
    consists of a number of parallel connected
    series LC circuits.
    The realisation of the driving point impedance
    is by no means unique. Foster's realisation has
    the advantage that the poles and/or zeroes
    are directly associated with a particular
    resonant circuit, but there are many other
    realisations.

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