EE 3113

INTRODUCTION INTO RF
CIRCUIT DESIGN
Lecture Notes for A-term 1999
LECTURE 6
Prof. R. Ludwig
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA 01609
copyright © 1999, R. Ludwig
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Copyright, 1998 © R. Ludwig
 Special Termination Conditions
• Lossless transmission line

Z L + jZ 0 tan( βd )
Z in ( d ) = Z 0
Z 0 + jZ L tan( βd )

Characteristic impedance

L
Z0 =
C

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 Input impedance of short circuit transmission line

Voltage:
V (d ) = 2 jV + sin( βd )

Current:
2V +
I (d ) = cos( βd )
Z0

Impedance
Z in (d ) = jZ 0 tan( βd )

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 Input impedance of open circuit transmission line

Voltage:
V (d ) = 2V + cos( βd )

Current:
2 jV +
I (d ) = sin( βd )
Z0

Impedance
Z in (d ) = − jZ 0 cot( βd )

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 Quarter-wave transmission line

Z + jZ 0 tan( βλ / 4) Z 0
2
Z in (λ / 4) = Z 0 L =
Z 0 + jZ L tan( βλ / 4) Z L

Quarter-wave transformer model: Predict line

impedance
given input and output impedances Z 0 = Z L Z in

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 What should you know?
• Input impedance: Page 80, equation (2.71)
• Example 2.6 on page 82
• Example 2.7 on page 84
• Example 2.8 on page 87
Matching works only for
particular frequencies

500 MHz 1.5 GHz

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