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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Matching NRF24L01 to unusual antenna (40+j48)</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/1266/matching-nrf24l01-to-unusual-antenna-40-j48</link><description>Hi! 
 I must match NRF24L01 to 40+j48 ohm antenna. This is not my design, so
no possibility to change. I have PCB antenna, that was measured to be 40+j48 inside
enclosure. 
 So I have some questions: 
 
 
 Is it correct to assume 15-j88 ohm port</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:08:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/1266/matching-nrf24l01-to-unusual-antenna-40-j48" /><item><title>RE: Matching NRF24L01 to unusual antenna (40+j48)</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/5824?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:08:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a3f018d1-977b-4f76-86bf-28c5c8e80f3f</guid><dc:creator>H&amp;#229;kon Alseth</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That is not going to be an easy task.
Our radio&amp;#39;s uses a reference matching network w/50 ohm single ended output.
This also includes a high-order filter to suppress harmonics and spurious. Changing this output impedance is going to give you a head-ache in terms of teleregulatory compliances (FCC/ETSI etc) and performance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A better approach will be:
What I suggest that you do is to insert a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_tuner#Pi_network"&gt;PI-network&lt;/a&gt; to tune your antenna into 50 ohms using a network analyzer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best regards
Håkon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>