Two methods are presented which make it possible to synthesize a driving-point impedance function by a Darlington-type synthesis without surplus factors. One method relies on the use of nonreciprocal devices (gyrators) in the synthesized network. The additional constraints due to presence of gyrators are discussed. It is shown that the residue condition for physical realizability now becomes

(

is the coefficient of the

term which is of the form

. It is shown also that two real-part conditions now exist. In addition to the usual Brune real-part condition

for reciprocal elements, there exists another restriction

on the

-axis (the equal sign is dropped for

). The second method relaxes the cascade network requirement, and from a study of

allows the synthesis of the network by a Darlington-type synthesis. Examples are given of both new methods.