Triple stub matching

Figure 60 and figure 61 show the case where an admittance point YLA = 3.7 + j1.8,
which
has been transferred from the load Y j L = 0.74 - 0.344 , by an 0.125l length of
transmission
line to the position of the first stub and which lies in the forbidden circle region,
cannot be
matched. This is because the lines of constant conductance of this reflected
admittance do not
intersect the 0.125l rotated circle.
The apparent obvious way of overcoming this problem would be to change the
length of the
transmission line between the stub and the load from 0.282l to say, 0.154l as
shown in figure
63.
However, changing the admittance point to YLA = 0.35+ j0.7 also has its problems
as
discussed in the design procedure of example 6, below.
Decreasing the distance between the first and second stub, according to equation
3-12, will
reduce the radius of the forbidden circle region, and allow a greater range of
admittances
which could be matched, but the practical limit of the stub separation is given by l/8
or 3l/8.
As shown in Figure 60 and 61, with the constraint that the stub separation is fixed
at l/8 or
3l/8, and where the distance of the first stub to the load is also constrained, there
may exist
load admittances which cannot be matched. The distance of the first stub to the
load may be
constrained, for example, after installation of the double-stub tuner and the load
impedance
then changed for some reason, such as the changing out of a smaller antenna with
a larger
antenna.
To maintain a fixed distance between the two stubs and match over all possible
load
admittances, where the distance between the load and the first stub may also be
constrained,
the triple stub tuner may be employed. This may seem to be an expensive way of
doing things,
but it is practically expedient when considering that you may be working at the top
of a 150 m
tower and wish to make as few adjustments as possible For matching, all that is
required is to
slide in or out tuning rods on each of the three stubs to vary the length of each of
the stubs.