Which way is up and where's that short circuit? If you want to download a Smith chart in pdf or gif format, we have several different ones in our download area!Ī clickable index to our Smith chart page: If anyone else wants to be a technical contributor on their favorite microwave subject, please contact us. We've got our own Smith chart tutorial here, thanks to a fan from Florida, Mike Weinstein, who really knows this subject, and is a fine writer too. Update November 2023: Smith Chart tributes that appeared on this page have been moved here. You may notice from time to time that the Smith chart is used in the background on presentations at MTT-S venues. Richard Snyder participated in the negotiations with Ms. Smith sold the Copyright for the Smith Chart to the IEEE MTT Society in April 2015. The trademark on the Smith Chart recently expired, and Ms. Be sure to check out our entry on Philip Smith in our Microwave Hall of Fame! Phil's widow until recently operated Analog Instruments, the company that sold the official Smith chart for many, many years. The Smith chart was developed by Philip Smith at Bell Telephone's Radio Research Lab during the 1930s. Click here to go to our main page on S-parametersĬlick here to go to a page on plotting Smith Charts with ExcelĬlick here to learn about a three-dimensional Smith ChartĬlick here to go to our Smith Chart tribute page (new for November 2023)
