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 ...

This video is the introduction to a planned series on impedance matching, and beyond reading Smith charts, it doesn’t really get into many specifics.

Download your Smith chart by clicking on the image. For more on Smith charts and how to use them, including a pretty funny story about Phillip Smith himself, see: How does a Smith Chart work? For ...