TABLE OF CONTENTS The terms which appear on SMITH CHARTS as coordinate designations, radially scaled parameters, peripheral scale captions, etc., are individually defined and reviewed in this glossary. A more complete discussion of these terms is found in applicable sections of the text.
Although relevant to all SMITH CHARTS, these terms are specifically associated with the basic chart forms printed in Chaps. 6, 8 and 12, and enlarged chart forms described in Chap. 7. Other SMITH CHARTS with which these terms are specifically associated include the normalized current and voltage overlay in Chap. 4, and the charts with dual (polar and rectangular) coordinate transmission and reflection coefficients in Chap. 8.
In the definitions which follow, certain qualifying words and phrases are omitted when, in the context in which the terms are used, these words and phrases will be understood to apply. For example, the phrase "at a specified frequency" will apply to many of the definitions, and the phrases "normalized input impedance of a uniform waveguide" and "normalized input admittance of a uniform waveguide" will generally be understood to be meant by the shorter terms, "waveguide impedance" and "waveguide admittance," respectively.
This glossary supplements definitions which have been formulated and published by the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) [11] (presently the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE), and by the American Standards Association (ASA-C42.65-1957) (presently the United States of America Standards Institute, USASI), and upon which usage of such terms in this text is based.
