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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Ashish Kumar, Boulder, CO (US);
Sreyam Sinha, Boulder, CO (US);
Khurram K. Afridi, Boulder, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Multistage matching networks and analytical frameworks for improving and/or optimizing the networks is provided. In one example, a framework relaxes the resistive constraint on the input and load impedances of the stages of a multistage matching network and allows them to be complex. Based on this framework, the design of multistage matching networks can be improved or optimized, such as using a method of Lagrange multipliers. A design optimization approach, for example, can be used to predict an optimum distribution of gains and impedance characteristics among the stages of a multistage matching network. The efficiency of matching networks designed using this example approach is compared with a conventional design approach, and it is shown that significant efficiency improvements are possible.