May 19, 2009 #1 K karl9 Newbie level 1 Joined May 19, 2009 Messages 1 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,288 S11 data in RI format Hi, I measured S11 parameter for my amplifier. I checked on the data file. It turned out to be RI format. As followed:- ' freq ' ' reS11 ' ' imS11 ' ' 2.00000000000E+09' ' -0.94886 ' '-0.366452 ' I wonder if I want to plot the S11 in dB scale. What should I do? Thanks for your suggestions in advance. /Karl
S11 data in RI format Hi, I measured S11 parameter for my amplifier. I checked on the data file. It turned out to be RI format. As followed:- ' freq ' ' reS11 ' ' imS11 ' ' 2.00000000000E+09' ' -0.94886 ' '-0.366452 ' I wonder if I want to plot the S11 in dB scale. What should I do? Thanks for your suggestions in advance. /Karl
May 19, 2009 #2 J jayce3390 Full Member level 6 Joined May 22, 2007 Messages 351 Helped 29 Reputation 58 Reaction score 21 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 3,287 Re: S11 data in RI format Magnitude = √(ReS11²+ImS11²) Phase = Arctan(ImS11/ReS11)
May 20, 2009 #3 kspalla Advanced Member level 4 Joined Aug 19, 2008 Messages 1,253 Helped 258 Reputation 516 Reaction score 94 Trophy points 1,328 Location Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Activity points 6,813 Re: S11 data in RI format Don't forget to convert in to dB of the magnitude