CHAPTER 4 Impedance Matching
Impedance matching is often necessary in the design of RF circuitry to provide the maximum possible transfer of power between a source and its load. Probably the most vivid example of the need for such a transfer of power occurs in the front end of any sensitive receiver. Obviously, any unnecessary loss in a circuit that is already carrying extremely small signal levels simply cannot be tolerated. Therefore, in most instances, extreme care is taken during the initial design of such a front end to make sure that each device in the chain is matched to its load.
In this chapter, then, we will study several methods of matching a given source to a given load. This will be done numerically, with the aid of the Smith Chart, ...
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