Module 2-2 (The Smith Chart)

Materials needed:
Pencil
Smith Chart (hard copy at least 5)
Compass
Ruler
Smith Chart
The Smith chart is a special kind of impedance
coordinate system that portrays the relationship of
impedance at any point along a uniform transmission
line to the impedance at any other point on the line.
The Smith chart was developed by Philip H. Smith at Bell
Telephone Laboratories. The chart is based on two sets
of orthogonal circles. One set represents the ratio of the
resistive component of the line impedance (R) to the Called impedance circle
characteristic impedance of the line (Zo). The second
*1 cycle is λ/2
set of circles represents the ratio of the reactive
component of the line impedance (±jX) to the *Clockwise from the load going towards the source
characteristic impedance of the line (Zo). Parameters
plotted on the Smith chart include the following:
1. Impedance (or admittance (reciprocal of impedance))
at any point along a transmission line
2. Reactance (or susceptance(reciprocal of reactance))
at any point along a transmission line
3. Reflection coefficient magnitude (|Γ|) and angle in
degrees (θ Γ )

4. Length of transmission line between any two points

in wavelengths
5. Standing wave ratio (SWR)
*Yellow is the normalized rmax
*Yellow is purely resistance meaning no reactance

Normalized value are always small letters

*blue is the admittance Steps in using smith chart for quarter wavelength
matching

Steps in using smith chart for stub matching with

quarter wavelength transformer

Steps in using smith chart for stub matching

*after reading SWR on the circle, put a point of the SWR

below the graph and draw a straight line, then put a half
or diagonal to half the circle to read the angle of
reflection coefficient