A phase shifting device (100; 100A), comprising: an input operable to receive an input signal to be adjusted; a hybrid coupler coupling said input with an output; and at least one reflective load (10; 10A-10C; 10') comprising a lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit also coupled with said hybrid coupler to receive said input signal, said lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit having liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to adjust said input signal in response to a bias voltage applied thereto and to provide said adjusted input signal to said hybrid coupler as an output signal, wherein said lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprises one of: a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of inductors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of liquid crystal variable capacitors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third inductors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and wherein said lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprises at least a pair of said half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuits coupled by a quarter wave impedance transformer. an input operable to receive an input signal to be adjusted; a hybrid coupler coupling said input with an output; and at least one reflective load (10; 10A-10C; 10') comprising a lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit also coupled with said hybrid coupler to receive said input signal, said lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit having liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to adjust said input signal in response to a bias voltage applied thereto and to provide said adjusted input signal to said hybrid coupler as an output signal, wherein said lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprises one of: a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of inductors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of liquid crystal variable capacitors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third inductors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of inductors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third liquid crystal variable capacitors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and a half wavelength lumped equivalent impedance transformer circuit comprising a pair of liquid crystal variable capacitors in series coupled, at ends thereof, with first, second and third inductors operable to present both a variable impedance and a variable effective electrical length to said hybrid coupler in response to said bias voltage to provide an adjusted phase input signal as said output signal, and