Antenna designer's notebook - Wheeler and Fano impedance matching

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 116-119

  Lopez, Alfred R ^a  

^a ARL Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Impedance matching; Narrow bandwidth antennas; Q factor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

CLOSED-FORM SOLUTION; Q FACTOR;

IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ACOUSTIC);

EID: 36749036075     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.4385605     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. H. A, Wheeler, "Wideband Impedance Matching," Wheeler Labs Report 418, May 1950; available at http://www.arlassociates.net/ May1950wheelerreport418.pdf.
2. R. M. Fano, "Theoretical Limitations of the Broadband Matching of Arbitrary Impedances," J. Franklin Institute, 249, January 1950, pp. 57-83; February 1950, pp. 139-154.
3. A. R. Lopez, "WL Multiple Tuning Techniques," Hazeltine Wheeler Laboratory Memorandum, G300-73-RL9012, January 1973; available at http:// www.arlassociates.net/Lopez1973MemoFanoMatching.pdf.
4. A. R. Lopez, "Review of Narrowband Impedance-Matching Limitations," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 46, 4, August 2004, pp. 88-90.
5. A. R. Lopez, "More on Narrowband Impedance-Matching Limitations," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 46, 6, December 2004, p. 102.
6. R. C. Hansen, "Fano Limits on Matching Bandwidth," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 47, 3, June 2005, pp. 89-90.
7. A. R. Lopez, "Rebuttal to 'Fano Limits on Matching Bandwidth'," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 47, 5, October 2005, pp. 128-129.
8. R. C. Hansen, "Fano Limits Again," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 48, 3, June 2006, p. 75.