Lessons From - AE6TY · 2020. 10. 9. · Dual band delta antenna. Sides are 76 feet long, top wire...
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Lessons Fromthe
Smith ChartWard Harriman AE6TY
Pacificon ’13
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Modified from http://xkcd.com/849/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/
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The Smith Chart...A Pragmatic Presentation
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Simple device
Don’t muddy the waters with equations of ‘Standing Wave Ratio’ and ‘reflection coefficients’ or ‘complex math’...
Smith chart is just an unusual form of graph paper.
Used to plot complex impedances.
Complex impedances are just impedances with both a resistive and reactive component.
All graphics here-in are produced using “SimSmith”, a Computer Aided Smith chart program.
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The CenterThis Smith Chartis quite simple:The center of thechart representsa impedance of50 ohms. Otherimportant pointsare 0, infinite, +j50and -j50
50 infinite0
j50
-j
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Adding ReactanceAdding a series reactance causesmovement alongthe red circles...
Adding a parallelreactance causesmovement alongthe blue circles.
IncreasingSeries
Inductance
DecreasingSeries
Capacitance
IncreasingParallel
Capacitance
DecreasingParallel
Inductance
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Adding ResistanceAdding seriesresistance causesmovement alongthe red arcs.
Adding a parallelresistance causesmovement alongthe blue circles.
ParallelResistor
SeriesResistor
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Lesson 1Transmission linestranslate impedancesthrough rotationsaround their Zo.
Here are 25,37,50,75,150,300,600transmission lines.
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Lesson 1(cont)
Transmission linescan act much likecapacitors andinductors over smallranges in frequency.
Here we show aninductor and a seriestransmission line...
SeriesInductance
SeriesTransmission
Line
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Transmission linestubs (shorted andopen) can... yep...act like inductorsand capacitors.
Shorted Tlinesincrease inductanceas they get longer...
Open lines increasecapacitance as they grow
Lesson II Series Stubs as Reactances
Series, ShortedTransmission line
SeriesInductor
Series, OpenTransmission Line
SeriesCapacitor
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Shorted Tlinesincrease inductanceas they get longer...
Open lines increasecapacitance as they grow
(but only up to a point)
Lesson II Parallel Stubs as Reactances
Parallel, ShortedTransmission line
ParallelInductor
Series, OpenTransmission Line
SeriesCapacitor
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Transmission lineswhich are 1/4 wavelengths long are‘special’.
They ‘invert’ theimpedance,(but only at asingle frequency)
Lesson III 1/4 WaveLengths
25 to 100
200 to 10
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Impedance isn’treally ‘inverted’.
The real formulais:
Zin Zout = Zo Zo
Lesson III (cont)1/4 WaveLengths
25 to 50Zo = 35
200 to 50Zo = 100
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Half wave lines actjust like two 1/4wave lines inseries....
Often describedas having ‘no effect’but only if the frequency is constant.
Lesson IVhalf WaveLengths
25 to 25Zo = 35
200 to 200Zo = 100
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For transmission lines:Increasing the frequencyof analysis is (much) thesame as increasing thelength of a transmissionline.
ObservationChange in Frequency = Change in length
Sweep5 to 20
Sweep5 to 10
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Smith chart can showhow impedance changesas frequency changes.
For example, here isa the familiar ‘path’of a matching L networkand a frequency ‘sweep’of the impedance.
ObservationSweeps
Series L Shunt C
FrequencySweep
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Smith charts are oftenused in describingantenna impedances.
Here is the impedanceof a dipole for 80m.
Sweep from 3.0 to 4.5MHz.
ObservationsSweeps (cont)
3 MHz
4.5 MHz
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“Resonance” is when‘reactance’ is zero..
we can changeresonance withcapacitors andinductors.
Observations(half wave dipole)
Antenna too long...Decrease lengthOR add series C
3 MHz
4.5 MHz
Antenna too short...Increase lengthOR add series L
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Smith chart can showSWR circles as well.Here’s an SWR=2circle.
Unrolling the circleresults in the wellknown SWR chart...
Observations
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Here is the resultingSWR chart.
Observations
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Many methods. Allhave the goal of movingthe impedance to thecenter of the chart.
Classic LC1/4 wave1/12 wavecoax + reactance1/4 resonant
Application 1Impedance Transforms
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Use L to move to R=50circle. Use C to movecenter.
Application 1Classic LC
ShuntInductance
SeriesCapacitance
SWR = 2Circle
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Most antennas have animpedance > 50 ohmsbut many do not. Hereis a sweep of a 10mvertical with 4horizontal radials.
We can match it withan LC....
ObservationsImpedances lower than 50
ParallelInductance
SeriesCapacitance
Frequency Sweepof Antenna
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However, if we rememberthat an antenna iscapacitive belowresonance, we canimplement the capacitorby shortening theantenna!
Lesson VParasitic Capacitor
Frequency Sweepof Antenna
Shunt Inductance(or piece of line:
‘Hairpin’!)
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Here we use a 1/4wave section tomatch our dipoleto 50 ohms ata given frequency.
Here, a 67 ohm line.
Application 11/4 wave section
Frequency Sweepof Antenna
Frequency Sweepat Transmitter
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Add 1/12th waveof 50, 1/12th waveof 92...
Application 11/12th wave
Frequency Sweepof Antenna
Frequency Sweepof Antenna
Twelfth Wavesections
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Use coax to rotateimpedance to blueconductance circleand then addreactance.
Here, an inductoris used.
Application 1coax and reactance
FoldedDipoleSweep
Series 50ohm Line
Shunt Inductor
ResultingSweep
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Use coax to rotateimpedance AND apiece of coax forthe reactance.
The total length ofcoax is often closeto “1/4 wave”.
(BTW this is how mostjpoles work)
Application 1quarter wave resonant
FoldedDipoleSweep
Series 50ohm Line
Shunt 50ohm Line
ResultingSweep
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“Q” contours are curves ofconstant Q. Keeping the Qlow increases the Bandwidthof a match.
Here 450 is match to 50ohms. One using 1/4 waveof 146 ohm line. The otherusing 257 & 87.
Application II“Q eye”
Impedance ofSingle Line Match
Impedance ofTwo Line Match
Sweep of Frequency
450 ohmload
Curve ofQ = .55
Single line match goessignificantly outside
chosen Q Line
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Here is the resultingSWR chart. Noticetwo line match issignificantly better.
Application II“Q eye”
BLUEImpedance of
Single Line MatchBLACKImpedance of
Two Line Match
Sweep of Frequency
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Optimizing the match ata single frequency can besuboptimal across a band.
For example, usually, folkswill match the antenna to50 ohms and then attachthe feedline:
Lesson VIBroadbanding
Impedance of SingleFrequency Match
Sweep
Quarter waveZo = 67
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Here is the resulting SWR
Lesson VIBroadbanding
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BUT: if you move the‘matching’ to other endof the half wave feedline you can get:
Lesson VIBroadbanding
Final SweepFinal
Sweep
AfterHalf Wave
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Here are the two curves comparedacross the 80mband
Application IIIBroadbanding for 80m band
BLACKImpedance of
‘Perfect’ Match
BLUEImpedance of‘broadband’
Match
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For folded dipoles the‘classic’ solution is touse a 4:1 transformer(balun) at the feedpoint.
Here is the Smithchart for the result:
Application IVBroadbanding the 20m folded dipole
Impedancebefore Balun
Impedance with4:1 balun
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And here is the circuitand SWR chart:
Note balun modeledas perfect transformer
Application IVBroadbanding the 20m folded dipole
Impedance with4:1 balun
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But 1/1 baluns are mucheasier to build AND wecan match the impedancemore easily if we use thefeed line to our advantage.
Application IVBroadbanding the 20m folded dipole
Resulting Impedance
Use feedlineto move
Impedance
UseCap toMatch
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Here is a comparison ofthe resulting SWRs:
Application IVBroadbanding the 20m folded dipole
4:1 balunMatched
Feed lineand CapMatched
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Dual band delta antenna.Sides are 76 feet long,top wire 118 feet.
60 foot, 450 ohm, openstub in middle of top wire.
(shown as ‘load’ box in this EZNEC plot)
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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On 80m, the 60 footstub 1/4 wave whichmeans it is effectivelya ‘short’.
Thus, on 40m the loopis a one wavelength loop.
(Here is the EZNEC current plot)
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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On 40m, the 60 foot stubis 1/2 a wave which meansit is an ‘open’.
Thus, the antenna is a twowavelength partially foldeddipole. It is relatively highimpedance.
Here is the EZNEC current plot.
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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Sweep of impedancefrom 3.4 to 7.4(from EZNEC)
3.75 MHz: 300 + 21j
7.20 MHz: 1.5K + 925j
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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Tune 40m first.
1/4 wave,300 ohm line.
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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Then tune 80m
1/4 wave,100 ohm line
NOTICE: 300 ohmline has no impactbecause impedancestarts close to 300ohms.
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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Lots of tradeoffs tobe made but here aretwo sweeps.
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
7.0 to 7.23
3.5 to 3.86
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ResultingSWR chart
400 KHz 3.7200 KHz 7.2
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
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This antenna uses several techniques. In each casea piece of transmission line acts one way on 40 anda completely different way on 80m.
Application VThe 40/80m delta/delta (NI6T)
a) the 60 foot stub acts like a switch; it is a short on 80m and an open on 40b) the 1/4 wave matching section for 40m has a Zo which ‘circles’ the impedance on 80m; essentially, no effect on 80.c) the 80m 1/4 wave matching section is
1/2 wavelength on 40m; essentiallyno effect on 40!
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Smith chart provides a ‘two dimensional’ view of impedances; a picture is worth 1000 words!
Smith chart lends insight to how impedancestransform with a change in circuits or parameters.
Modern Smith chart software removes the drudgeryof performing the complex arithmetic and frees thedesigner to see the forest and not just trees.
Wrap Up
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