RF Hardware Design

Impedance Matching / L-Network

Find both low-pass and high-pass two-element matches for real positive resistances.

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Results

Low-pass solution

Source → series → (shunt ∥ load)

Series L: 50 Ω
7.958 nH
Shunt C: -100 Ω
1.592 pF

High-pass solution

Source → series → (shunt ∥ load)

Series C: -50 Ω
3.183 pF
Shunt L: 100 Ω
15.92 nH

How it works

Q = √(Rhigh/Rlow − 1); |Xs| = Q·Rlow; |Xp| = Rhigh/Q.

Engineering assumptions

Single-frequency, lossless lumped components; source and load must be real positive resistances.

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