LONG QUIZ 3

IMPEDANCE MATCHING USING SMITH CHART

Instruction: 1 smith chart per problem. Points, markings and sketches in the smith chart must be
visible.
Due: Monday 7/29/2019

Why need Impedance Matching:

 Maximum power is delivered and power loss is minimum.
 Impedance matching sensitive receiver components improves the signal-to-noise ratio
of the system.
 Impedance matching in a power distribution network will reduce amplitude and phase
errors.
 The matching procedure is also referred to as “tuning”.

 Basic Idea

The matching network is ideally lossless and is placed between a load and a transmission line,
to avoid unnecessary loss of power, and is usually designed so that the impedance seen
looking into the matching network is Z0.

Quarter-wavelength transformer matching.

Quarter-wavelength transformers are used to match transmission lines to purely resistive loads
whose resistance is not equal to the characteristic impedance of the line.

Keep in mind that a quarter-wavelength transformer is not actually a transformer, but rather, a
quarter-wavelength section of transmission line that acts like a transformer.
 LONG QUIZ 3
IMPEDANCE MATCHING USING SMITH CHART

Single Stub Matching

 Stub matches are widely used to match any complex load to a transmission line.
 They consist of shorted or opened segments of the line, connected in parallel or in series with the line
at an appropriate distances from the load.
 Shorted stubs are usually preferred because opened stubs may radiate from their opened ends.

Where:
dstub = is the distance where of the stub must be placed from the load
Lstub = length of the stub
Zos = characteristic impedance of the stub

Problem 1.
A 75-Ω transmission line is terminated with a load having an impedance of 45 − j30 Ω. Find:
(a) the distance (in wavelengths) from the load to the closest place at which a quarter-
wave transformer could be used to match the line
(b) the characteristic impedance that should be used for the quarter wave-transformer
Problem 2.
For a transmission line with a characteristic impedance Z = 300 Ω, and a load with a complex
impedance ZL = 450 + j60 Ω; determine SWR, the distance a shorted stub must be placed from
the load to match the load to the line, and the length of the stub

Problem 3.
A 50-Ω coaxial transmission line that is 6m long with a velocity factor of 0.8 is connected to a
load of 89 − j47 Ω. The system operates at 300 MHz. Find the input impedance for the line.

Problem 4:

A transmitter supplies 100 W to a 50-Ω lossless line that is 5.65 wavelengths long. The other end
of the line is connected to an antenna with a characteristic impedance of 150 + j25 Ω.
(a) Find the SWR and the magnitude of the reflection coefficient.
(b) How much of the transmitter power reaches the antenna?
(c) Find the best place at which to insert a shorted matching stub on the line. Give the answer
in wavelengths from the load.
(d) Find the proper length for the stub (in wavelengths).