lumped constant

[′ləmpt ′kän·stənt]

(electricity)

A single constant that is electrically equivalent to the total of that type of distributed constant existing in a coil or circuit. Also known as lumped parameter.

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In fact Losee (electrical engineering emeritus, Brigham Young U.) begins with telephone and wireless communication systems and GPS, then continues to radar systems, radio frequency propagation, RF noise and link analysis, modulation techniques, RF amplifiers, oscillators, frequency multipliers, mixers, modulators, demodulators, and block diagrams, advancing to RF components and circuits such as transmission lines and devices, waveguides, antennas, lumped constant components, transformer devices, piezoelectric and ferrimagnetic devices, acoustic devices, semiconductor diodes, bipolar and field-effect transistors, and high- power vacuum tubes.

RF Systems, Components, and Circuits Handbook, 2d ed

This agreement is a result of the distributed coupling effect as opposed to lumped constant coupling through capacitors.

Single-block ceramic microwave bandpass filters

Cappucci, "Lumped Constant Quadrature Coupler with Improved Parasitic Suppression," US Patent 3,723,914, March 1973.