Practical Matching Techniques on the Smith Chart

Abstract

The investigation was concerned with the techniques used with the Smith Chart when developing matching networks for broadband antennas. The basic problems involved in the application of these techniques are covered in detail, with illustrations showing each step on the Smith Chart. These various problems concern the matching of broadband antennas although this does not indicate that the chart techniques apply to such cases only. They are adapted to single frequency antennas as well. The only difference is that the problems then become considerably simpler and, instead of striving for a 3:1 standing wave ratio, one settles for nothing less than a 1:1. A problem of this type is included, because it is felt that, after the techniques are mastered with broadband antennas, the procedure for obtaining a match for a single frequency antenna will suggest itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1961
Accession Number
AD0260292

Entities

People

  • Ove Simonsen

Organizations

  • Navy Electronics Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antennas
  • Broadband
  • Broadband Antennas
  • Capacitors
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Impedance
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Radio Engineering
  • Reactance
  • Standing Wave Ratios
  • Standing Waves
  • Transmission Lines

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  • Regression Analysis.
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