BEE 454 — WiFi Antenna Z-Match Project

Spring 2020
Due on Thursday, June 4
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Write up your report in a Word file. Insert all circuit schematics and printed plots into the report
at the appropriate places. Upload a single copy of your report by the due date.
Be sure to put your name and student ID on all reports.

1. [50 points] Using the Tektronix VNA’s we took 𝑆11 measurements on a WiFi 2.45 GHz (2450
MHz) antenna. Prior to using this antenna in a circuit, we will have to build an impedance
matching circuit for it. We will do this for the 2450 MHz antenna that you (or I) measure in
the lab as shown below, and then perform the following procedure:

VNA Measurement of 𝐒𝟏𝟏 Impedance Match for Antenna at 2.30/2.60 GHz

VNA Measurement of 𝐒𝟏𝟏 Circuit for Antenna at 2.30/2.60 GHz

Antenna Project:
(a) Plot the provided Touchstone Antenna_2450.s1p file for your antenna on three plots (|𝑆11 |
on semi-log, ∠𝑆11 in degrees phase from −180° to +180°, and 𝑆11 on a Smith chart) from
2 to 3 GHz.
(b) Draw a circuit model of your antenna Hint: Small antennas at resonance (2.45 GHz) look
like a series/parallel 𝑅𝐿𝐶 circuit at the center frequency of 𝑓𝑜 = 2.45 GHz. Plot this model
on your Smith chart to obtain the resistance and reactance when curve fitting to the data
file (Antenna_2450.sip) Include the values of the circuit components that you have used in
 your model. Add either series (or parallel) capacitance or series (or parallel) inductance
such that the resulting 𝑆11 file gives you a pure real resistance 𝑍𝑎𝑛𝑡 = 𝑅 (𝑋 = 0) at 2.30 or
2.60 GHz. Analyze your circuit on a Smith chart.
(c) Design a band-pass L network impedance matching circuit for matching your antenna pure
real resistance at 2.30 or 2.60 GHz to a driver with a 50 Ω output impedance at your center
frequency. Analyze your design on AWR Microwave Office. Now redesign your circuit
using the capacitors and inductors available in the lab that are listed below.
(d) On a single admittance/impedance Smith chart starting at the 𝑆11 for the input to the
antenna at 2.30 or 2.60 GHz, plot where each component in your matching network takes
you on the Smith chart. You should end up at the center of the chart for a match to a 50 Ω
source.
(e) Using NI Microwave Office DE software, create three plots of the new 𝑆11 reflection
coefficient (|𝑆11 | on semi-log, ∠𝑆11 in degrees phase from −180° to +180°, and 𝑆11 on a
Smith chart) from 2 to 3 GHz that the 50 Ω driver “sees” into your new matching circuit
and resonant antenna. State in decibels how much more power is radiated from the antenna
at 2.30 or 2.60 GHz when the antenna is impedance matched.
(f) Write up your project in a Word file (including pasted data and plots) and upload on due
date.

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