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Definition:

Equation

Parameters

Diagram

Calculate Skin
Depth:
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Parameter

Value

Units

Special
Values

Inputs:

f
(frequency)

Hz, HertzkHz,
kiloHertzMHz, megaHertzGHz,
gigaHertzTHz, teraHertzPHz,
petaHertzrad/sec,
radians/secondeV, (in vacuum)_____________________

r (resistivity)

Ohm-meterskiloOhm-metersMegaOhm-metersmicroOhm-metersmicroOhm-centimetersOhm-centimetersOhm-feet_____________________

mr (rel. perm.)

1 for most
media

Output:

d
(skin depth)

meterscentimetersmillimetersmicrometersnanometersinchesfeetmilsyardsmileskilometerslightyears_____________________

Output
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Notes:
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Effect is known as "skin effect".

Skin depth concept applies to good
conductors.

Equal to the inverse of the complex
component of the wave number,
k.

Equals the distance over which an
incident wave decays to 1/e it's initial
amplitude.

Penetration depth=skin depth for
good
conductors.

A conductor is "good" when:

Source:  Applied Electromagnetism Second Edition by Liang Chi
Shen and Jin Au Kong, PWS Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts
1987

Copyright ?2000-2005  Raymond J. Allen