Reflected impedance ($Z_{\mathrm{ref}}={\omega }^2{M}^2/Z_s$)

The reflected impedance is the contribution of a coupled secondary load to a primary winding's input impedance. For two ideal mutually coupled inductors, choose winding signs so that positive electric currents reinforce their magnetic fluxes. If the secondary loop has complex impedance $Z_s$, its Kirchhoff's voltage law gives ${\tilde{I}}_s=-i\omega M{\tilde{I}}_p/Z_s$. Substitution in ${\tilde{V}}_p=i\omega L_p{\tilde{I}}_p+i\omega M{\tilde{I}}_s$ gives $Z_{\mathrm{in}}=i\omega L_p+{\omega }^2{M}^2/Z_s$. For $Z_s=R+i\omega L_s$, the reflected real part is ${\omega }^2{M}^{2}R/[R^2+(\omega L_s{)}^2]$, and primary mean input power equals secondary mean Joule heating.