While calculation methods can be performed via computer or calculator with a greater degree of accuracy, the Smith chart still remains a venerable and useful tool for the RF engineer. One good working ...

An indispensible tool for solving transmission line and waveguide problems, the Smith chart was invented in 1939 by Phillip H. Smith as a graph-based method of simplifying the complex math (that is, ...

The Smith chart appeared in 1939 (Ref. 1) as a graph-based method of simplifying the complex math (that is, calculations involving variables of the form x + jy) needed to describe the characteristics ...

Most of you have probably heard of the Smith chart. The intimidating graph, developed by Philip Smith in 1939, is just about as bad as it looks. How he came up with this is an untold story ...

One of the better tools available to the broadcast engineer for troubleshooting SWR issues is the Smith chart invented by Phillip Hagar Smith in the 1930s. The Smith chart is a graphical ...

The video goes over this theory briefly, but it’s real focus is on explaining how to read a Smith chart, an intimidating-looking tool which can be used to calculate impedances. The video covers ...