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Lecture 5 The Smith Chart

The document is a lecture on the Smith Chart, which is a chart used to analyze impedance matching in electrical engineering. It discusses the development of the normalized impedance and admittance Smith Charts, including constant resistance/reactance and conductance/susceptance circles. Examples are provided of plotting impedances and finding the corresponding admittances on the charts. The combined impedance-admittance chart is introduced, along with an example of using it to find the input impedance of a transmission line terminated by a load.

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Lecture 5 The Smith Chart

The document is a lecture on the Smith Chart, which is a chart used to analyze impedance matching in electrical engineering. It discusses the development of the normalized impedance and admittance Smith Charts, including constant resistance/reactance and conductance/susceptance circles. Examples are provided of plotting impedances and finding the corresponding admittances on the charts. The combined impedance-admittance chart is introduced, along with an example of using it to find the input impedance of a transmission line terminated by a load.

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The Smith Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

Philip Smith, 1939, Bell Labs

Polar Reflection Coefficient


Magnitude is distance from the chart center
Angle is measured around the circumference

Development:

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The Normalized-Impedance Smith Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

z = rL + jxL

Constant-Resistance Circles

Constant-Reactance Circles

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Examples EE 432 Lecture 5

Plot the following points. Z0 is 50 Ω:

1. Z = 0 Ω (short-circuit)

2. Z = ∞ Ω (open-circuit)

3. Z = 50 Ω

4. Z = 100 Ω

5. Z = 25 Ω

6. Z = +j50 Ω

7. Z = −j50 Ω

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The Normalized-Admittance Smith Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

y = z−1 or y = |z| 180°

Normalized Impedance Normalized Admittance Normalized Admittance


(rotate the chart 180°) (turn the numbers right-side up)

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The Normalized-Admittance Smith Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

Constant-Conductance Circles

Constant-Susceptance Circles

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Examples EE 432 Lecture 5

Find yL if ZL = 100 −j50 Ω

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Combined Impedance-Admittance Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

A load of ZL = 50 − j100Ω terminates a 50 Ω


transmission line. Find YL using the Smith Chart.

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Combined Chart EE 432 Lecture 5

Download a copy from ANGEL or see the inside back


cover of your textbook

Blue = admittance grid lines


Red = impedance grid lines

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Transmission-Line Example EE 432 Lecture 5

A load of ZL = 100 + j50Ω terminates a 50 Ω transmission line.


Find the input impedance to the line if the line is 0.15 λ long.

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