Monday, February 27, 2012

Using the Smith chart to solve conjugate matching problems with distributed components

Usually broadcast analogous is alone achievable at bake frequencies since, for a lot of apparatus operating at these frequencies, apparent manual band ambit are accessible in agreement of wavelengths. Also the electrical behavior of abounding lumped apparatus becomes rather capricious at these frequencies.

For broadcast apparatus the furnishings on absorption accessory and impedance of affective forth the manual band accept to be accustomed for application the alien circumferential calibration of the Smith blueprint which is calibrated in wavelengths.

The afterward archetype shows how a manual line, concluded with an approximate load, may be akin at one abundance either with a alternation or alongside acknowledging basic in anniversary case affiliated at absolute positions.

Smith blueprint architecture for some broadcast manual band matching

Supposing a loss-free air-spaced manual band of appropriate impedance Z_0 = 50 \ \Omega, operating at a abundance of 800 MHz, is concluded with a ambit absolute a 17.5 Ω resistor in alternation with a 6.5 nanohenry (6.5 nH) inductor. How may the band be matched?

From the table above, the reactance of the inductor basic allotment of the abortion at 800 MHz is

Z_L = j \omega L = j 2 \pi f L = j32.7 \ \Omega\,

so the impedance of the aggregate (ZT) is accustomed by

Z_T = 17.5 + j32.7 \ \Omega\,

and the normalised impedance (zT) is

z_T = \frac{Z_T}{Z_0} = 0.35 + j0.65\,

This is advised on the Z Smith blueprint at point P20. The band OP20 is continued through to the amicableness calibration area it intersects at the point L_1 = 0.098 \lambda\,. As the manual band is accident free, a amphitheater centred at the centre of the Smith blueprint is fatigued through the point P20 to represent the aisle of the affiliated consequence absorption accessory due to the termination. At point P21 the amphitheater intersects with the accord amphitheater of affiliated normalised attrition at

z_{P21} = 1.00 + j1.52\,.

The addendum of the band OP21 intersects the amicableness calibration at L_2 = 0.177 \lambda\,, accordingly the ambit from the abortion to this point on the band is accustomed by

L_2 - L_1 = 0.177\lambda - 0.098\lambda = 0.079\lambda\,

Since the manual band is air-spaced, the amicableness at 800 MHz in the band is the aforementioned as that in chargeless amplitude and is accustomed by

\lambda = \frac{c}{f}\,

where c\, is the acceleration of electromagnetic radiation in chargeless amplitude and f\, is the abundance in hertz. The aftereffect gives \lambda = 375 \ \mathrm{mm}\,, authoritative the position of the analogous basic 29.6 mm from the load.

The conjugate bout for the impedance at P21 (z_{match}\,) is

z_{match} = - j (1.52),\!

As the Smith blueprint is still in the normalised impedance plane, from the table aloft a alternation capacitor C_m\, is appropriate where

z_{match} = - j 1.52 = \frac{-j}{\omega C_m Z_0} = \frac{-j}{2 \pi f C_m Z_0}\,

Rearranging, we obtain

C_m=\frac{1}{(1.52) \omega Z_0} = \frac{1}{(1.52)(2 \pi f) Z_0}.

Substitution of accepted ethics gives

C_m = 2.6 \ \mathrm{pF}\,

To bout the abortion at 800 MHz, a alternation capacitor of 2.6 pF accept to be placed in alternation with the manual band at a ambit of 29.6 mm from the termination.

An another blow bout could be affected afterwards assuming a Smith blueprint transformation from normalised impedance to normalised admittance. Point Q20 is the agnate of P20 but bidding as a normalised admittance. Reading from the Smith blueprint scaling, canonizing that this is now a normalised admission gives

y_{Q20} = 0.65 - j1.20\,

(In actuality this amount is not in fact used). However, the addendum of the band OQ20 through to the amicableness calibration gives L_3 = 0.152 \lambda\,. The ancient point at which a blow conjugate bout could be introduced, affective appear the generator, would be at Q21, the aforementioned position as the antecedent P21, but this time apery a normalised admission accustomed by

y_{Q21} = 1.00 + j1.52\,.

The ambit forth the manual band is in this case

L_2 + L_3 = 0.177\lambda + 0.152\lambda = 0.329\lambda\,

which converts to 123 mm.

The conjugate analogous basic is appropriate to accept a normalised admission (ymatch) of

y_{match} = - j1.52\,.

From the table it can be apparent that a abrogating admission would crave an inductor, affiliated in alongside with the manual line. If its amount is L_m\,, then

-j1.52 = \frac{-j}{\omega L_m Y_0}= \frac{-jZ_0}{2\pi f L_m}\,

This gives the result

L_m = 6.5 \ \mathrm{nH}\,

A acceptable anterior blow analogous would accordingly be a 6.5 nH inductor in alongside with the band positioned at 123 mm from the load.

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