5.

Impedance Matching and Tuning

• Apply the theory and techniques of the
previous chapters to practical problems in
microwave engineering.
• Impedance matching is the 1st topic.

Figure 5.1 (p. 223)

A lossless network matching an arbitrary load
impedance to a transmission line. 1
• Impedance matching or tuning is important
since
– Maximum power is delivered when the load is
matched to the line, and power loss in the feed line
is minimized.
– Impedance matching sensitive receiver
components improves the signal-to-noise ratio of
the system.
– Impedance matching in a power distribution
network will reduce the amplitude and phase
errors.

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• Important factors in the selection of matching
network.
– Complexity
– Bandwidth
– Implementation
– Ajdustability

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 5.1 Matching with Lumped Elements
• L-section is the simplest type of matching
network.
• 2 possible configurations

Figure 5.2 (p. 223)

L-section matching networks.
(a) Network for zL inside the 1 + jx circle.
(b) Network for zL outside the 1 + jx circle. 4
 Analytic Solution
• For Fig. 5. 2a, let ZL=RL+jXL. For zL to be
inside the 1+jx circle, RL>Z0. For a match,
1
Z 0  jX 
jB  1/( RL  jX L )

B( XRL  X L Z 0 )  RL  Z 0
X (1  BX L )  BZ 0 RL  X L
• Removing X  X L  RL / Z 0 RL2  X L2  Z 0 RL
B
RL2  X L2

1 X L Z0 Z0
X  
B RL BRL 5
• For Fig.5.2b, RL<Z0.
1 1
 jB 
Z0 RL  j ( X  X L )

BZ 0 ( X  X L )  Z 0  RL
( X  X L )  BZ 0 RL

X   RL ( Z 0  RL )  X L
( Z 0  RL ) / RL
B
Z0

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 Smith Chart Solutions
• Ex 5.1

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 Figure 5.3b (p. 227)
(b) The two possible L-
section matching
circuits. (c) Reflection
coefficient magnitudes
versus frequency for the
matching circuits of (b).

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Figure on page 228. 9
5.2 Single Stub Tuning

Figure 5.4 (p. 229)

Single-stub tuning
circuits.
(a) Shunt stub.
(b) Series stub.

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• 2 adjustable parameters
– d: from the load to the stub position.
– B or X provided by the shunt or series stub.
• For the shunt-stub case,
– Select d so that Y seen looking into the line at d
from the load is Y0+jB
– Then the stub susceptance is chosen as –jB.
• For the series-stub case,
– Select d so that Z seen looking into the line at d
from the load is Z0+jX
– Then the stub reactance is chosen as –jX.
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 Shunt Stubs
• Ex 5.2 Single-Stub Shunt Tuning
ZL=60-j80

Figure 5.5a (p.

230)
Solution to
Example 5.2.
(a) Smith chart for
the shunt-stub
tuners.
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 Figure 5.5b (p. 231)
(b) The two shunt-stub tuning solutions. (c) Reflection
coefficient magnitudes versus frequency for the tuning 13
circuits of (b).
• To derive formulas for d and l, let ZL= 1/YL=
( RL  jX L )  jZ 0 tan  d
RL+ jXL. Z  Z 0
Z 0  j ( RL  jX L ) tan  d
1
Y  G  jB 
Z
RL (1  tan 2  d )
where G  2
RL  ( X L  Z 0 tan  d ) 2
RL2 tan  d  ( Z 0  X L tan  d )( X L  Z 0 tan  d )
B
Z 0 [ RL2  ( X L  Z 0 tan  d ) 2 ]

• Now d is chosen so that G = Y0=1/Z0,

Z 0 ( RL  Z 0 ) tan 2  d  2 X L Z 0 tan  d  ( RL Z 0  RL2  X L2 )  0
X L  RL [( Z 0  RL ) 2  X L2 ] / Z 0
tan  d  , for RL  Z 0
RL  Z 0
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• If RL = Z0, then tanβd = -XL/2Z0. 2 principal
solutions are  1 1  XL  XL
 tan    for - 0
d  2  2Z 0  2Z0

  1  1  XL  XL
 2    tan     for - 0
   2Z 0   2Z0

• To find the required stub length, BS = -B.

l0 1 1  BS  1 1  B  for open stub
 tan     tan  
 2  Y0  2  Y0 

l0 1 Y  1 Y 
 tan 1  0   tan 1  0 
 2  BS  2 B for short stub
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 Series Stubs
• Ex 5.3 Single Stub Series Tuning
ZL = 100+j80

Figure 5.6a (p. 233)

Solution to Example
5.3.
(a) Smith chart for
the series-stub tuners.

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Figure 5.6b (p. 232)
(b) The two series-
stub tuning solutions.
(c) Reflection
coefficient
magnitudes versus
frequency for the
tuning circuits of (b).
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• To derive formulas for d and l, let YL= 1/ZL=
(GL  jBL )  jY0 tan  d
GL+ jBL. Y  Y0
Y0  j (GL  jBL ) tan  d
1
Z  R  jX 
Y
GL (1  tan 2  d )
where R  2
GL  ( BL  Y0 tan  d ) 2
GL2 tan  d  (Y0  BL tan  d )( BL  Y0 tan  d )
X
Y0 [GL2  ( BL  Y0 tan  d ) 2 ]

• Now d is chosen so that R = Z0=1/Y0,

Y0 (GL  Y0 ) tan 2  d  2 BLY0 tan  d  (GLY0  GL2  BL2 )  0
BL  GL [(Y0  GL ) 2  BL2 ] / Y0
tan  d  , for GL  Y0
GL  Y0
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• If GL = Y0, then tanβd = -BL/2Y0. 2 principal
solutions are  1 1  BL  BL
 tan    for - 0
d  2  2Y0  2Y0

  1  1  BL   BL
 2    tan     for - 0
   2Y0   2Y0

• To find the required stub length, XS = -X.

l0 1 1  X S  1 1  X  for short stub
 tan   tan  
 2  Z0  2  Z0 

l0 1 Z  1 Z 
 tan 1  0   tan 1  0 
 2  X S  2 X  for open stub
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 5.3 Double-Stub Tuning
• If an adjustable tuner was desired, single-tuner
would probably pose some difficulty.

Smith Chart Solution

• yL  add jb1 (on the rotated 1+jb circle) 
rotate by d thru SWR circle (WTG)  y1 
add jb2  Matched
• Avoid the forbidden region.

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 Figure 5.7 (p.
236)
Double-stub
tuning.
(a) Original
circuit with the
load an arbitrary
distance from the
first stub.
(b) Equivalent-
circuit with load
at the first stub.
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Figure 5.8 (p.
236)
Smith chart
diagram for the
operation of a
double-stub
tuner.
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 Ex. 5.4 ZL = 60-j80
Open stubs, d = λ/8

Figure 5.9a (p.

238)
Solution to
Example 5.4.
(a) Smith chart
for the double-
stub tuners.

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 Figure 5.9b (p. 239)
(b) The two double-stub tuning solutions.
(c) Reflection coefficient magnitudes versus frequency 24
for the tuning circuits of (b).
 Analytic Solution
• To the left of the first stub in Fig. 5.7b,
Y1 = GL + j(BL+B1) where YL = GL + jBL
• To the right of the 2nd stub,
GL  j ( BL  B1  Y0t )
Y2  Y0 where t  tan  d
Y0  jt (GL  jBL  jB1 )

• At this point, Re{Y2} = Y0

1  t 2
(Y  B t  B t ) 2
GL2  GLY0 2  0 L
2
1
0
t t
1 t2  4t 2 (Y0  BL t  B1t )2 
GL  Y0 2 
1 1 
2t  Y02 (1  t 2 )2  25
 4t 2 (Y0  BLt  B1t ) 2
• Since GL is real, 0 1
Y0 (1  t )
2 2 2

1 t2 Y0
0  GL  Y0 2 
t sin 2  d

• After d has been fixed, the 1st stub susceptance

can be determined as
Y0  (1  t 2 )GLY0  GL2t 2
B1   BL 
t

• The 2nd stub susceptance can be found from

the negative of the imaginary part of (5.18)
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• B2 = Y0 Y0GL (1  t 2 )  GL2t 2  GLY0
GL t

• The open-circuited stub length is

l0 1 1  B 
 tan  
 2  Y0 

• The short-circuited stub length is

l0 1 1  Y0 
 tan  
 2 B

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 5.4 The Quarter-Wave Transformer
• Single-section transformer for narrow band
impedance match.
• Multisection quarter-wave transformer designs
for a desired frequency band.
• One drawback is that this can only match a
real load impedance.
• For single-section,
Z1  Z 0 Z L

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 Figure 5.10 (p. 241)
A single-section quarter-wave matching
transformer.   0 4 at the design
frequency f0. 29
• The input impedance seen looking into the
matching section is
Z L  jZ1t
Z in  Z1
Z1  jZ Lt

where t = tanβl = tanθ, θ = π/2 at f0.

• The reflection coefficient
Z in  Z 0 Z1 ( Z L  Z 0 )  jt ( Z12  Z 0 Z L )
 
Z in  Z 0 Z1 ( Z L  Z 0 )  jt ( Z12  Z 0 Z L )

• Since Z12 = Z0ZL, Z L  Z0


Z L  Z 0  j 2t Z 0 Z L
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• The reflection coefficient magnitude is
Z L  Z0
  1/ 2
 Z L  Z 0   4t Z 0 Z L 
2 2
 
1

 Z 
1/ 2
 Z 0  /( Z L  Z 0 )   4t Z 0 Z L /( Z L  Z 0 ) 
2 2 2 2
L

1

 1  4Z Z 
1/ 2
L 0 /( Z L  Z 0 )    4t Z 0 Z L /( Z L  Z 0 ) 
2 2 2

1

 1  4Z Z 
1/ 2
L 0 /( Z L  Z 0 ) sec  
2 2

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• Now assume f ≈ f0, then l ≈ λ0/4 and θ ≈ π/2.
Then sec2 θ >> 1. 
Z L  Z0
 cos  , for  near  / 2
2 Z0 Z L

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• We can define the bandwidth of the matching
transformer as   2     
 m 
2 
2
1  2 Z0 Z L 
 1  sec  m 
m2  Z  Z 
 L 0 
m 2 Z0 Z L
or cos  m 
1   2m Z L  Z 0
2 f v p f
• For TEM line,   l  
v p 4 f0 2 f0

2 m f 0
• At θ = θm, fm 

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• The fractional bandwidth is
f 2( f 0  f m ) fm 4 m
  22  2
f0 f0 f0 
4   2 Z0 Z L 
 2  cos 
1 m

  1   2m Z L  Z 0 

• Ex. 5.5 Quarter-Wave Transformer

Bandwidth
ZL = 10, Z0 = 50, f0= 3 GHz, SWR ≤ 1.5

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 Figure 5.12 (p. 243)
Reflection coefficient magnitude versus frequency for a
single-section quarter-wave matching transformer with 35
various load mismatches.
 5.5 The Theory of Small Reflection
Single-Section Transformer
Z 2  Z1 Z L  Z2
1  ,  2  1 , 3  ,
Z 2  Z1 Z L  Z2
2Z 2 2Z1
T21  1  1  , T12  1   2 
Z 2  Z1 Z 2  Z1
  1  T12T213e 2 j  T12T2132  2 e4 j  
T12T213e 2 j
 1 
1   23e 2 j
2 j
13 1
1  3e  1  3e 2 j

1  1 3e 2 j
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 Figure 5.13 (p. 244)
Partial reflections and transmissions on a single-section
matching transformer. 37
 Multisection Transformer

Z1  Z 0 Z n 1  Z n ZL  ZN
0  , n  , N  ,
Z1  Z 0 Z n 1  Z n ZL  ZN
( )   0  1e2 j   2 e 4 j     N e 2 jN
• Assume the transformer is symmetrical,
 0   N , 1   N 1,  2   N  2, etc.
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( )  e  jN { 0 [e jN  e  jN ]  1[e j ( N 1)  e  j ( N 1) ]   }
• If N is odd, the last term is ( N 1) / 2 (e j  e j )
while N is even,  N / 2
( )  2e  jN [ 0 cos N    1 cos( N  2)  
1
  N / 2 ], for N even,
2
( )  2e  jN [ 0 cos N    1 cos( N  2)  
1
  ( N 1) / 2 cos  ], for N odd,
2
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 5.6 Binomial Multisection Matching Transformer
• The response is as flat as possible near the
design frequency.  maximally flat
• This type of response is designed, for an N-
section transformer, by setting the first N-1
derivatives of |Γ(θ)| to 0 at f0.
• Such a response can be obtained if we let
( )  A(1  e  j 2 ) N
 j j 2 N
( )  A e e e
N
 2 A cos 
N

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• Note that |Γ(θ)| = 0 for θ=π/2, (dn |Γ(θ)|/dθn ) =
0 at θ=π/2 for n = 1, 2, …, N-1.
• By letting f  0,

Z L  Z0 N Z L  Z0
(0)  2 A  N
A2
Z L  Z0 Z L  Z0
N
( )  A(1  e  j 2 ) N  A CnN e 2 jn ,
n 0

N!
where C  N
n
( N  n)!n !
N
( )  A C e N 2 jn
n  0  1e 2 j
  2e 4 j
 Ne 2 jN

n 0
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• Γn must be chosen as  n  ACnN
• Since we assumed that Γn are small, ln x ≈ 2(x-
1)/(x+1),
Z n 1  Z n 1 Z n 1
n   ln
Z n 1  Z n 2 Zn
Z n 1  N Z L  Z0 N ZL
ln 2 n  2 ACn  2(2 )
N N N
Cn 2 Cn ln
Zn Z L  Z0 Z0

• Numerically solve for the characteristic

impedance  Table 5.1

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• The bandwidth of the binomial transformer
 m  2 N | A | cos N  m
 1   
1/ N

 m  cos 1   m  
 2  | A |  
f 2( f 0  f m ) m
  24
f0 f0 
4  1   
1/ N

 2  cos 1   m  
  2  | A |  

• Ex. 5.6 Binomial Transformer Design

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 Figure 5.15 (p. 250)
Reflection coefficient magnitude versus frequency for
multisection binomial matching transformers of 44
Example 5.6 ZL = 50Ω and Z0 = 100Ω.
 5.7 Chebyshev Multisection Matching
Transformer
Chebyshev Polynomial
• The first 4 polynomials are
T1 ( x)  x,
T2 ( x)  2 x 2  1,
T3 ( x)  4 x3  3 x,
T4 ( x)  8 x 4  8 x 2  1.
• Higher-order polynomials can be found using
Tn ( x)  2 xTn 1 ( x)  Tn  2 ( x )
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 Figure 5.16 (p. 251)
The first four Chebyshev polynomials Tn(x). 46
• Properties
– For -1≤x ≤1, |Tn(x)|≤1  Oscillate between ±1 
Equal ripple property.
– For |x| > 1, |Tn(x)|>1  Outside the passband
– For |x| > 1, |Tn(x)| increases faster with x as n
increases.
• Now let x = cosθ for |x| < 1. The Chebyshev
polynomials can be expressed as
Tn (cos  )  cos n
More generally,
Tn ( x)  cos(n cos 1 x ) for | x | 1,
Tn ( x)  cosh(n cosh 1 x) for | x | 1. 47
• We need to map θm to x=1 and π- θm to x =
-1. For this,
cos   1  cos   
Tn ( )  cos n (sec  m cos  )  cos n cos  
cos  m   cos  m  
• Therefore,
T1 (sec  m cos  )  sec  m cos  ,
T2 (sec  m cos  )  sec 2  m (1  2 cos  )  1,
T3 (sec  m cos  )  sec  m (cos 3  3cos  )  3sec  m cos  ,
3

T4 (sec  m cos  )  sec 4  m (cos 4  4 cos 2  3)

4sec2  m (cos 2  1)  1.
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 Design of Chebyshev Transformers
• Using (5.46)
( )  2e  jN [ 0 cos N    1 cos( N  2)  
 N cos( N  2n)  ]
 Ae  jN TN (sec  m cos  )
• Letting θ = 0,
Z L  Z0
(0)   ATN (sec  m )
Z L  Z0
Z L  Z0 1
A
Z L  Z 0 TN (sec  m )
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• If the maximum allowable reflection
coefficient magnitude in the passband is Γm,

1 Z L  Z0 1 Z L  Z0 1 ZL
TN (sec  m )    ln
A Z L  Z 0  m Z L  Z 0 2 m Z0
 cosh( N cosh 1 (sec  m ))
1  1 Z L  Z0 
sec  m  cosh  cosh 
1
 
 N   m Z L  Z 0  
1 1
 1 Z L 
cosh  cosh  ln  
 N  2 m Z 0  

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• Once θm is known,
f m
 24
f0 
Ex 5.7 Chebyshev Transformer Design
Γm = 0.05, Z0 = 50, ZL = 100
Use Table 5.2

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 Figure 5.17 (p. 255)
Reflection coefficient magnitude versus frequency for
the multisection matching transformers of Example 5.7. 52
 Figure 5.18 (p. 256)
A tapered transmission line matching
section and the model for an incremental
length of tapered line. (a) The tapered
transmission line matching section. 53
 Figure 5.19 (p. 257)
A matching section with an exponential
impedance taper. (a) Variation of
impedance. (b) Resulting reflection 54
triangular taper
for d(In Z/Z0/dz.
(a) Variation of
impedance. (b)
Resulting
reflection
coefficient
magnitude
response.

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 (a) Impedance
variations for the
triangular,
exponential, and
Klopfenstein tapers.
(b) Resulting
reflection coefficient
magnitude versus
frequency for the
tapers of (a).

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 with passive and
lossless networks
(ω0 is the center
frequency of the
matching
bandwidth). (a)
Parallel RC.
(b) Series RC. (c)
Parallel RL.
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 Figure 5.23 (p. 263)
Illustrating the Bode-Fano criterion. (a) A
possible reflection coefficient response. (b)
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