Interactive Smith chart
“ Impedance matching ”
The interactive Smith chart enables users to navigate their way around a Smith chart, using simple discrete element impedance matching.The Smith chart is commonly used to impedance match RF devices, such as amplifiers, antennas and transceiver devices. The chart is used during RF simulation by RF engineers and is displayed by vector network analysers when taking S parameter measurements of RF circuitry.
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Professional software to perform linear simulations based on S parameters is available from a number of vendors. Telestrian uses Microwave Office™ from Applied Wave Research.
This page allows users to try using the Smith chart, for education and interest purposes, without installing any software. Try changing the value in the load box (then press the calculate button) to see the location of the impedance on the chart. Then change one of the elements and see the network impedance change.
- Capacitance in pF
- Inductance in nH
- Resistance in Ohms
- Results supplied by this program are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind.
The Red cursor shows the load impedance. Not visible? It's under the Green cursor!
The Green cursor shows the network input impedance.