Electrical 2 port time variant s-parameter element
Keywords
Ports
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| modulation | Electrical Signal |
| input | Electrical Signal |
| output | Electrical Signal |
Properties
General Properties
| Name | Default value | Default unit | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
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name Defines the name of the element. |
Electrical Time Variant S-Parameter | - | - |
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annotate Defines whether or not to display annotations on the schematic editor. |
true | - | [true, false] |
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enabled Defines whether or not the element is enabled. |
true | - | [true, false] |
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type Defines the element unique type (read only). |
Electrical Time Variant S-Parameter | - | - |
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description A brief description of the elements functionality. |
Electrical 2 port time variant s-parameter element | - | - |
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prefix Defines the element name prefix. |
SPAR | - | - |
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model Defines the element model name. |
- | - | - |
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library Defines the element location or source in the library (custom or design kit). |
- | - | - |
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local path Defines the local path or working folder $LOCAL for the element. |
- | - | - |
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url An optional URL address pointing to the element online help. |
- | - | - |
Standard Properties
| Name | Default value | Default unit | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
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configuration Defines the bidirectional or unidirectional element configuration. |
unidirectional | - | [bidirectional, unidirectional |
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load from file Defines whether or not to load s-parameters from an input file or to use the currently stored s-parameters. |
false | - | [true, false] |
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s parameters filename The file containing the s-parameters. Refer to the Implementation Details section for the format expected. |
- | - | - |
Numerical/Digital Filter Properties
| Name | Default value | Default unit | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
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digital filter type Defines the digital filter type used to fit the element transfer function in time domain. |
FIR | - | [single tap, FIR, IIR |
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number of taps estimation Defines the method used to estimate the number of taps of the digital filter. |
fit tolerance | - | [disabled, fit tolerance, group delay |
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filter fit tolerance Defines the mean square error for the fitting function. |
0.05 | - | (0, 1) |
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filter fit number of iterations This determines the maximum number of iterations required before fitting reaches the tolerance error. |
50 | - | [1, +∞) |
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filter fit rolloff Defines the frequency roll off for the fitting function. |
0.05 | - | [0, 1) |
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window function Defines the window type for the digital filter. |
rectangular | - | [rectangular, hamming, hanning |
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number of fir taps Defines the number of coefficients for digital filter. |
256 | - | [1, +∞) |
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maximum number of fir taps Defines the number of coefficients for digital filter. |
4096 | - | [1, +∞) |
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filter delay Defines the time delay equivalent to a number of coefficients for digital filter. |
0 | s | [0, +∞) |
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number of iir taps Defines the number of coefficients for digital filter. |
4 | - | [2, +∞) |
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maximum number of iir taps Defines the number of coefficients for digital filter. |
20 | - | [2, +∞) |
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initialize filter taps Defines whether to use the initial input signal to initialize filter state values or to set them to zero values. |
false | - | [true, false] |
Diagnostic Properties
| Name | Default value | Default unit | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
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run diagnostic Enables the frequency response of the designed filter implementation and the ideal frequency response to be generated as results. |
false | - | [true, false] |
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diagnostic size The number of frequency points used when calculating the filter frequency response. |
1024 | - | [2, +∞) |
Results
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| diagnostic/response #/transmission | The complex transmission vs. frequency corresponding to the ideal and designed filter. |
| diagnostic/response #/gain | The gain vs. frequency corresponding to the ideal and designed filter. |
| diagnostic/response #/error | Mean square error comparing the frequency response of the designed filter implementation with the ideal frequency response. |
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Implementation Details
The s-parameter file format for this element is shown below:
("output port name", "input port name", "modulation")
(1, N)
a1, a2, ..., aN
(number of frequency points, 2*N+1)
f1 abs(S1) angle(S1) abs(S2) angle(S2) ... abs(SN) angle(SN)
f2 abs(S1) angle(S1) abs(S2) angle(S2) ... abs(SN) angle(SN)
...
Example file: electrical_time_variant_s_parameter.icp and S parameter data file: ele_S_time_variant.dat
- Frequency domain test and results: The frequency response of the S parameters is measured by an ENA (Network Analyzer) at different bias conditions.
- Time domain test and results: A sinusoidal electrical signal passes through the S parameter. Result shows that the amplitude of the signal is reduced by a factor of 2 (corresponding to the S21 at 10 GHz with 0 V bias), while the S parameters also introduce extra time delays (depending on the number of taps).