Is it common to choose not best reflection coeff. just to ease matching network?
It is very common. A good example are GaAs FET amplifiers. The gate of the FET may have a S11 of >.9 making it very difficult to get a good match at a single frequency due to component Qs and stability issues. This task becomes impossible over a broad frequency range. Also the optimal noise figure match does not occur with a S11=0 but something closer to .65 depending on device and frequency. Similarly the best output power will not be at S22=0.
A common approach is to place two identical amplifier between hybrid couplers. The coupler provides a good broadband match to the system. For a single amplifier ferrite isolators have also been used.
Another approach for broadband is using a distributed amplifier design.
The same applies to oscillators where tuning range and noise performance will drive the network design.
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