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noisy

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Posted - 12/21/2004 :  06:46:26 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
is it possible to directly plot the s parameters on smith chart? what i have seen some ppl do is that they converted to z parameters then plot.

noisy

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Posted - 12/22/2004 :  07:26:00 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
anyone can help? need to know urgently... thank you...
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forestan

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Posted - 12/23/2004 :  9:31:19 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Origin can plot smith chart using z parameters directly, if you have the s parameters rather than z parameters, you can also plot it, some conversions are needed. I take an example to explain it.

Suppose you have two columns data of s parameters in worksheet:

SparaX(X) SparaY(Y)

0.5 0.5

0.4 0.2

0.75 0.25

0.2 0.4



Step1: convert rectangle coordinates into polar coordinates:

Add two columns named Mag, Angel

Choose Column Mag, Right Click ¡°Set column Values¡­¡±, input the formula : sqrt(col(SParaX)*col(SParaX) + col(SParaY)*col(SParaY))

Choose Column Angel, Right Click ¡°Set column Values¡­¡±, input the formula: atan(col(SParaY)/col(SParaX)) , and set this column as ¡°Y¡±.

Now Worksheet looks like this:

SparaX(X1) SparaY(Y1) Mag(X2) Angel(Y2)

0.5 0.5 0.70711 45

0.4 0.2 0.44721 26.56505

0.75 0.25 0.79057 18.43495

0.2 0.4 0.44721 63.43495



Step2: plot smith chart.

Choose column Mag and Angel, click plot->smith chart, now a smith chart will show, but the graph is not we want.



Step3: Click the button with smith chart icon at right top of the smith chart window, a configuration window will show.

Click the button ¡°Reinterpret Data as Mag/Angel¡±, now the smith chart is just what you want.

And, you may notice that two columns(column Mag1 and Angel1) are inserted, they represents Z parameters data of the smith chart.

SparaX(X1) SparaY(Y1) Mag1(X2) Angel1(Y2) Mag(X3) Angel(Y3)

0.5 0.5 1 2 0.70711 45

0.4 0.2 2 1 0.44721 26.56505

0.75 0.25 3 4 0.79057 18.43495

0.2 0.4 1 1 0.44721 63.43495



Edited by - forestan on 12/23/2004 9:35:24 PM
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noisy

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Posted - 12/24/2004 :  1:22:06 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
thanks very much forestan, i tried it and it works...
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