Design of broadband single matching networks

In general commercially available software tools are preferred, to design broadband matching networks for wireless communication systems. But they need a properly selected matching network topology with good initial element values. Therefore, in this paper a new real frequency technique is presented, to generate broadband single matching networks with suitable initial element values. In the proposed method, load impedance is written in terms of ABCD-parameters of the desired matching network and the source resistor. Then, free parameters are optimized which in turn yields the desired matching network with initial element values. It is not needed to select a circuit topology for the matching network, which is the natural consequence of the matching processes. Also, there is no need to select the desired transducer power gain level; the proposed technique naturally provides a gain curve fluctuating around the final available level. Eventually, the initial design is improved by optimizing the performance of the matched system employing the commercially available computer-aided design (CAD) packages. An algorithm and two examples are given, to illustrate the utilization of the proposed technique. (C) 2007 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.