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Series Stub Tuning

Consider the following transmission line structure, with a series
stub:

Zin′′

Therefore an equivalent circuit is:

j Xstub
Z0 , β Zin′′

z =0

where of course:

⎛ Z L + j Z 0 tan β d ⎞
Zin′′ = Z 0 ⎜ ⎟
Z
⎝ 0 + j Z L tan β d ⎠

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS

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and the reactance jXstub is either:

⎧ − jZ 0cotβ A for an open-circuit stub

⎪
jX stub =⎨
⎪ jZ tanβ A for an short-circuit stub
⎩ 0

Therefore, for a matched circuit, we require:

jX stub + Zin′′ = Z 0
i.e.,
Re{Zin′′ } = Z 0
and
Im{jX stub + Zin′′ } = 0 ⇒ Xstub = −Xin′′

where
Xin′′  Im{Zin′′ }

Note the design parameters for this stub tuner are

transmission line lengths d and A . More specifically we:

1) Set d such that Re{Zin′′ } = Z 0 .

2) Then set A such that X stub = −Xin′′ .

We have two choices for determining the lengths d and A . We

can use the design equations (5.14, 5.15, 5.16) on pp. 235.

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS

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OR

we can use the Smith Chart to determine the lengths!

1) Rotate clockwise around the Smith Chart from z L until you

intersect the r = 1 circle. The “length” of this rotation
determines the value d. Recall there are two possible solutions!

2) Rotate clockwise from the short/open circuit point around

the r = 0 circle until x stub equals −xin′′ . The “length” of this
rotation determines the stub length A .

For example, your book describes the case where we want to

match a load of Z L = 100 + j 80 (at 2 GHz) to a transmission line
of Z 0 = 50Ω .

Using open stubs, we find two solutions to this problem:

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS

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Whose values where determined from a Smith Chart:

open

Again, we should use the solution with

the shortest transmission lines,
although in this case that distinction is
a bit ambiguous. As a result, the
bandwidth of each design is about the
same (depending on how you define
bandwidth!).

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS