{"id":637,"date":"2016-06-22T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/?page_id=637"},"modified":"2018-09-02T21:12:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T04:12:56","slug":"typical-compare-sparameters-characteristics-and-displays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/typical-compare-sparameters-characteristics-and-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Typical Compare SParameters Characteristics and Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This section discusses typical Compare S-Parameters Tool characteristics and displays. Let us know if you would like the Compare S-Parameters Tool enhanced with additional capability.<\/p>\n<p>A typical SerDes channel, with about 18 nsec time delay, defined for use with serial data at a bit rate of 25 Gbps has its hardware 4-Port S-parameters measured from 10 MHz to 40 GHz in steps of 3.125 MHz.<\/p>\n<p>For this example S-Parameter file (SParamFileA), and with all 4 ports selected for measurement with phase unwrapped, the S-Parameter characteristics can be compared to a second S-Parameter file (SParamFileB).\u00a0 In the default example setup, SParamFileB was generated from SParamFileA using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/generate-causal-sparameters\/\">Generate Causal SParameters Tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For this example SParamFileA and SParamFileB, the S-Parameter characteristics can displayed in graphs selected to be opened.<\/p>\n<p>Figure 1:\u00a0 Reflection S22 magnitude<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016-1-14-58-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016-1-14-58-PM.png\" alt=\"CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016 1-14-58 PM\" width=\"773\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016-1-14-58-PM.png 773w, https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016-1-14-58-PM-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig1_6-22-2016-1-14-58-PM-768x447.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the magnitude response, the phase response can also be viewed.\u00a0 One can zoom in onto any area in the graph.<\/p>\n<p>Figure 2:\u00a0 Transmission S21 magnitude<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016-1-17-21-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016-1-17-21-PM.png\" alt=\"CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016 1-17-21 PM\" width=\"777\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016-1-17-21-PM.png 777w, https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016-1-17-21-PM-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.serdesdesign.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CompareSParm_Fig2_6-22-2016-1-17-21-PM-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the magnitude response, the phase response can also be viewed.\u00a0 Additionally, the reverse transmission characteristics can be viewed.\u00a0 One can zoom in onto any area in the graph.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section discusses typical Compare S-Parameters Tool characteristics and displays. 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