Introduction to the Smith Chart

INSTRUCTOR: Glenn Parker
FORMAT: CD-ROM
PUBLISHED: 2003 (original 1996)

The Introduction to the Smith Chart training CD is designed to accompany the book Electronic Applications of the Smith Chart by Philip Smith and the winSMITH software. This course is an excellent way for young engineers to study the Smith Chart, the most important visualization tool in microwave and RF design.

The course contains approximately 50 minutes of video with an introduction to the chart plus many examples.

Topics covered include the following:

• The gamma plane
• Rotation through transmission lines
• Transmission line matching
• Synthesis techniques for broadband matching
• Resistance circles and reactance arcs
• Using winSmith software
• Admittance Smith Chart
• Radially scaled parameters
• Lumped-element matching
• Lossy lines

Also available at a special discount: The Smith Chart Toolset (Book, Software, Training CD)

The CD-ROM can be started from any PC that has Windows 98 (or higher). Note: Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher is needed (free from Microsoft) to run this course.

	Electronic Applications of the Smith Chart in Waveguide, Circuit and Component Analysis
	AUTHOR: Phillip H. Smith FORMAT: Hardcover, 264 pages PUBLISHED: 1995 ISBN: 1-884932-39-8
	$69.00