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US 7,567,154 B2 7 is very nearly unity. In the region far from the launchers where E-field lines terminate only on the SWTL, the line is essen- tially non-radiating. When uniformly surrounded by a medium such as air or vacuum, the characteristic impedance of the line in this region is nearly the…