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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Kazuo Ogoro, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An impedance-matching method for matching impedances of first and second circuits at two or more frequencies by using an impedance-matching circuit including reactance elements is provided, which makes it possible to set the impedance of two circuits to be connected at an optimum value or values at the frequencies. In the first step, reactance circuits equivalent to the individual reactance elements of the impedance-matching circuit are configured. Each of the reactance circuits comprises reactance elements and has a frequency characteristic giving desired reactance values at the two or more frequencies. In the second step, reactance values of the reactance elements forming each of the reactance circuits configured in the first step are calculated. In the third step, impedance values of the impedance-matching circuit at the two or more frequencies are determined by using the reactance circuits having the calculated reactance values in the second step, thereby equalizing the impedances of the first and second circuits to their optimum value or value. Each of the reactance circuits comprises a parallel or series resonant circuit having a resonant frequency located between two adjacent ones of the frequencies.