Design of an ultra compact electronically tunable microwave impedance transformer

A novel ultra compact microwave tuneable impedance transformer topology is proposed. It consists of a classical /spl pi/ CLC network where an equivalent tuneable inductance is realised with a high impedance transmission line in series with fixed inductance and a diode's varactors. The realised hybrid prototype at 900 MHz operating frequency is only 0.06/spl lambda/-long. Impedance loads from 16.5 to 280 /spl Omega/ can be matched with a return loss better than -20 dB, and the relative bandwidth equals /spl plusmn/36% for a fixed 50 /spl Omega/ load.