The input reflection coefficient of a loaded two-port network is given by
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One of the criteria for the loaded two-port network to be unconditionally stable
is that
. We are going to find out what kind of load
will
give the network to the boundary of stability represented by
.

The condition can be rearranged as
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which is an equation of a circle on
complex plane with
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