The theory of electrically coupled lines is applied as the rigorous method to
the calculation of multi-conductor cables in order to determine the cause of the
emergence of the electromagnetic interference (crosstalk) in communication channels
and the common mode currents in the lines. The causes of the cable asymmetry, which
leads to crosstalk, are shown to be the construction of each line as a twisted pair and the
different distances between wire pairs of two adjacent long lines. The cause of
emergence of the common mode is the asymmetry of excitation and loads. Calculation
of capacitance between two wire elements in the presence of the third one permits to
determine the equivalent lengths of a long line and monopole with unequal lengths of
wires.
Keywords: Calculation of capacitance between two elements in the presence of
the third one, Cause of asymmetry and crosstalk, Cause of common mode
currents, Common mode current, Communication channel, Complex loading in
the central radiator, Crosstalk, Different distances between wire pairs,
Electromagnetic interference, Loads between wires and shield, Monopole of wires
with different length, Multiple-wire radiator, Multi-radiator antenna, Open-end
long line with different wire lengths, Reasons of changing wave impedance,
Rigorous method of calculation, Stray capacitance of a transformer winding to
ground, Twisting of each line, Wave impedance of a line inside a metal cylinder.
