Use this handy Smith Chart web app to create matching networks. Easiest tool to use: drag elements right on the chart! Supports multiple frequencies, transmission line elements, etc.
Online Smith Chart course now available at Udemy.
In this tutorial from High Frequency Electronics magazine, Anthony Bichler describes a technique to achieve broadband matching networks using the Smith Chart. The tutorial article also includes a review of Smith Chart fundamentals. The technique that is described goes beyond simply keeping the quality factor of the network to a minimum.
This book is based on the first three days of the Applied RF Techniques I course from Besser Associates. Basic analytical tools such as S-parameters and the Smith Chart as well as passive components are covered. Active components are covered in Volume II.
Les Besser and Rowan Gilmore