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S-parameters
Whilst reading through this document you may find it useful to have access to the Polar Si9000e PCB Transmission Line Field Solver, as this will aid your understanding of S-parameters. Evaluation licenses are available from our offices, contact details can be found on slide 43.
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S-parameters are a useful method for representing a circuit as a black box
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S-parameters are a useful method for representing a circuit as a black box
The external behaviour of this black box can be predicted without any regard for the contents of the black box.
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S-parameters
S-parameters are a useful method for representing a circuit as a black box
The external behaviour of this black box can be predicted without any regard for the contents of the black box.
This black box could contain anything: a resistor, a transmission line or an integrated circuit.
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A port is a terminal pair of lines.
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S-parameters S-parameters are measured by sending a single frequency signal into the network or black box and detecting what waves exit from each port.
Power, voltage and current can be considered to be in the form of waves travelling in both directions.
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S-parameters S-parameters are measured by sending a single frequency signal into the network or black box and detecting what waves exit from each port.
Power, voltage and current can be considered to be in the form of waves travelling in both directions.
For a wave incident on Port 1, some part of this signal reflects back out of that port and some portion of the signal exits other ports.
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
S21? Surely that should be S12?? S21 is correct! S-parameter convention always refers to the responding port first!
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S-parameters I have seen S-parameters described as S11, S21, etc. Can you explain?
A linear network can be characterised by a set of simultaneous equations describing the exiting waves from each port in terms of incident waves.
S11 = b1 / a1 S12 = b1 / a2 S21 = b2 / a1 S22 = b2 / a2 Note again how the subscript follows the parameters in the ratio (S11=b1/a1, etc...)
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S-parameters are complex (i.e. they have magnitude and angle) because both the magnitude and phase of the input signal are changed by the network.
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These four S-parameters actually contain eight separate numbers: the real and imaginary parts (or the modulus and the phase angle) of each of the four complex scattering parameters.
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How much gain (or loss) you get is usually more important than how much the signal has been phase shifted.
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source and load impedance default is 50 Ohms, if the source impedance is changed, the S-parameters change. although this is configurable.
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Some matrices are symmetrical. A symmetrical matrix has symmetry about the leading diagonal.
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Some matrices are symmetrical. A symmetrical matrix has symmetry about the leading diagonal. In the case of a 2-port network, that means that S21 = S12 and interchanging the input and output ports does not change the transmission properties.
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Some matrices are symmetrical. A symmetrical matrix has symmetry about the leading diagonal. In the case of a symmetrical 2-port network, that means that S21 = S12 and interchanging the input and output ports does not change the transmission properties. A transmission line is an example of a symmetrical 2-port network.
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Off-diagonal S-parameters, S12, S21, are referred to as transmission coefficients because they refer to what happens from one port to another.
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The S-matrix for an n-port network contains n2 coefficients (S-parameters), each one representing a possible input-output path.
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The S-matrix for an n-port network contains n2 coefficients (S-parameters), each one representing a possible input-output path. The number of rows and columns in an S-parameters matrix is equal to the number of ports.
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The S-matrix for an n-port network contains n2 coefficients (S-parameters), each one representing a possible input-output path. The number of rows and columns in an S-parameters matrix is equal to the number of ports. For the S-parameter subscripts ij, j is the port that is excited (the input port) and i is the output port.
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The S-matrix for an n-port network contains n2 coefficients (S-parameters), each one representing a possible input-output path. The number of rows and columns in an S-parameters matrix is equal to the number of ports. For the S-parameter subscripts ij, j is the port that is excited (the input port) and i is the output port.
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The S-matrix for an n-port network contains n2 coefficients (S-parameters), each one representing a possible input-output path. The number of rows and columns in an S-parameters matrix is equal to the number of ports. For the S-parameter subscripts ij, j is the port that is excited (the input port) and i is the output port.
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S-parameters Sum up
S-parameters are a powerful way to describe an electrical network S-parameters change with frequency / load impedance / source impedance / network S11 is the reflection coefficient S21 describes the forward transmission coefficient (responding port 1st!) S-parameters have both magnitude and phase information Sometimes the gain (or loss) is more important than the phase shift and the phase information may be ignored S-parameters may describe large and complex networks If you would like to learn more please consider evaluating the Polar Si9000e PCB Transmission Line Field Solver. A 5 step process to generate, plot and export Sparameters is included in the following slides.
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Using Polar Si9000e Field Solver to generate, plot and export S-parameters Step 1: Select the transmission line structure and enter the parameters
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Using Polar Si9000e Field Solver to generate, plot and export S-parameters Step 2: Switch to the Frequency Dependent tab and enter the frequency range
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Using Polar Si9000e Field Solver to generate, plot and export S-parameters Step 3: Select Calculate to generate S-parameters and plot graph
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Using Polar Si9000e Field Solver to generate, plot and export S-parameters Step 4: The S-parameter data may be plotted in a number of useful ways
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Using Polar Si9000e Field Solver to generate, plot and export S-parameters Step 5: The same S-parameter data may be exported to a number of formats
Touchstone
Excel
.CSV
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