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smithplot

Plot impedance transformation for selected matching network on Smith Chart

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Syntax

smithplot(mnobj)
smithplot(___,Name,Value)

Description

smithplot(mnobj) plots the impedance transformation from the source to load for the best matching network on a Smith® Chart.

smithplot(___,Name,Value) plots the impedance transformation from the source to load on a Smith Chart with additional properties given by Name, Value pair. For instance smithplot (MNOBJ, 'CircuitIndex',____, 'Z0', _____) plots the impedance transformation for the selected matching network circuit at the characteristic impedance, Z0 on a Smith Chart.

Properties not specified retain their default values.

Note

For more name value pairs see, Tips.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a new matchingnetwork and plot the impedance transformation of the second matching network circuit in the design.

f       = 2e9;          % Center frequency, Hz
Zin     = 150+75i;      % Source impedance, Ohms
Zl      = 75+15i;       % Load impedance, Ohms
Zo      = 75;           % characteristic impedance of system, Ohms

Design matching network object

n = matchingnetwork('CenterFrequency',f,'Bandwidth',1e8,           ...
  'LoadImpedance',Zl,'SourceImpedance',Zin,'Components',2);

View Circuit #2

n.Circuit(2)
ans = 
  circuit: Circuit element

    ElementNames: {'C'  'L'}
        Elements: [1x2 rf.internal.circuit.RLC]
           Nodes: [1 2 3]
            Name: 'auto_1'

Impedance transformation of Circuit #2 on a smith chart

hs = smithplot(n, 'Z0', Zo, 'CircuitIndex',2);

Figure Circuit 2 contains an axes object. The hidden axes object contains 4 objects of type line. These objects represent z_in , z 1 , z_out , Matching path .

Input Arguments

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Matching network, specified as a matchingnetwork object.

Data Types: char | string

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'CircuitIndex',1

Selected matching network, specified as a positive scalar.

Data Types: double

Characteristic impedance, specified as scalar in ohms.

Data Types: double

Tips

  • To list other property Name,Value pairs in smithplot, use details(s) where s is a smithplot object. You can use the properties to extract any data from the Smith Chart.

  • For a list of properties of smithplot, see SmithPlot Properties.

  • You can use the smithplot interactive menu to change the line and marker styles.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a

See Also

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