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#THE SMITH CHART SERIES#
Evaluation of effects of shunt and series impedances on the impedance of a transmission line.Evaluation of input reactance or susceptance of open and shorted stubs.Display of s-parameters of a network versus frequency.Display of complex impedances versus frequency.While it is useful and often necessary for designers to know the above parameters, the Smith chart can guide analysis and design decisions including: Shape, position, and phase distribution along with voltage and current standing wave.īut that’s only a part of the power of the Smith chart.Maximum and minimum voltage and current, as well as standing wave ratio (SWR).Power reflection and transmission coefficients.Complex voltage and current transmission coefficients.Complex voltage and current reflection coefficients.
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Once these complex impedance values are marked on the Smith chart, the chart can be used to identify many parameters which are critical to understanding the RF signal path or transmission line situation including: As an added benefit, the chart also provides a way to show scattering parameters (s-parameters) and how their values relate to actual hardware measurements and considerations.įigure 3: The Smith chart shows arcs of constant resistance (a) and circles of constant reactance (b) which are merged and overlaid (c) to provide a perspective across all impedance possibilities.
#THE SMITH CHART PLUS#
It succeeds at displaying what may seem at first to be an almost impossible task: the simultaneous graphing of the real and imaginary parts of a complex impedance, where the real part R can range from 0 to infinity (∞) and the imaginary part X can span minus infinity to plus infinity-and do so all on a single sheet of paper.Ī simplified Smith chart, showing its circles of constant resistance and arcs of constant reactance, is a good starting point to understanding its arrangement (Figure 3). The Smith chart is a polar plot of the complex reflection coefficient (also called gamma and symbolized by rho (Γ)).
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The chart is named for Phillip Smith, an engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories, who devised and refined it between 19 while working on understanding transmission lines and standing waves at what was then considered “high frequencies” of up to 1 MHz (called megacycles per second in those days). These graphs, called Smith charts, are very different than anything seen in algebra or statistics classes, no doubt of that.įigure 1: Many RF component data sheets include Smith charts showing the values of key parameters at different operating frequencies, such as these for the Maxim MAX2472 VCO buffer amplifier at 600, 900, 1900, and 2400 MHz. Novice designers doing RF design and trying to make a direct connection between two components-for example, from a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) to a mixer-have undoubtedly come across strange, circular graphs on component data sheets, such as these for the Maxim Integrated MAX2472, a 500-to-2500 megahertz (MHz) VCO buffer amplifier (Figure 1).