Invention of The Smith Chart
Phillip Smith invented the Smith Chart in 1939 while he was working for The Bell Telephone Laboratories. - When asked why he invented this chart, Smith explained: - :"From the time I could operate a slide rule, I've been interested in graphical representations of mathematical relationships."
In 1969 he published the book Electronic Applications of the Smith Chart: In Waveguide, Circuit, and Component Analysis, a comprehensive work on the subject.
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