A generalized Smith chart for an exponential tapered nonuniform transmission line

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-39

  Urbani, F ^a,b   Vegni, L ^a   Toscano, A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b L Vegni   (Italy)

Author keywords

Smith chart; Tapers; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROOT LOCI;

NONUNIFORM TRANSMISSION LINE; SMITH CHART; TAPERS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0030853032     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199701)14:1<36::AID-MOP11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. J. D. Kraus, Electromagnetics (3rd ed.), McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984.
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