Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? How would one set up S parameter measurement for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. What about the other end ? An impedance with the value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
SPICE s parameter measurement for one port network - help please
Started by ●November 26, 2021
Reply by ●November 26, 20212021-11-26
Am 26.11.21 um 08:34 schrieb amal banerjee:> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? > How would one set up S parameter measurement > for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? > Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. > What about the other end ? An impedance with the > value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? > All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance.You would need only one port of the network analyzer to connect the transmission line to the dipole. You would see then the antenna and what the transmission line does to it. Apart of that you could measure between the 2 ports of the transmission line and then remove its influence on the dipole by math. (de-embedding) cheers, Gerhard
Reply by ●November 26, 20212021-11-26
On 2021-11-26 09:20, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:> Am 26.11.21 um 08:34 schrieb amal banerjee: > >> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? >> How would one set up S parameter measurement >> for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? >> Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. >> What about the other end ? An impedance with the >> value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? >> All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. >> Thanks in advance. > > You would need only one port of the network analyzer > to connect the transmission line to the dipole. > You would see then the antenna and what the > transmission line does to it. > > Apart of that you could measure between the 2 ports > of the transmission line and then remove its influence > on the dipole by math. (de-embedding) > > > cheers, Gerhard > >I suppose his real problem is modelling the antenna. Modelling the network analyzer and the coax is easy. I wouldn't know off hand how to model an antenna. Too many unknowns. It's not a simple 377 Ohm resistor; that much is certain. Jeroen Belleman
Reply by ●November 26, 20212021-11-26
On 2021-11-26 21:49, Tauno Voipio wrote:> On 26.11.21 22.14, Jeroen Belleman wrote: >> On 2021-11-26 09:20, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: >>> Am 26.11.21 um 08:34 schrieb amal banerjee: >>> >>>> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? >>>> How would one set up S parameter measurement >>>> for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? >>>> Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. >>>> What about the other end ? An impedance with the >>>> value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? >>>> All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. >>>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> You would need only one port of the network analyzer >>> to connect the transmission line to the dipole. >>> You would see then the antenna and what the >>> transmission line does to it. >>> >>> Apart of that you could measure between the 2 ports >>> of the transmission line and then remove its influence >>> on the dipole by math. (de-embedding) >>> >>> >>> cheers, Gerhard >>> >>> >> >> >> I suppose his real problem is modelling the antenna. >> Modelling the network analyzer and the coax is easy. >> >> I wouldn't know off hand how to model an antenna. Too >> many unknowns. It's not a simple 377 Ohm resistor; that >> much is certain. >> >> Jeroen Belleman > > > The feedpoint impedance of a resonant half-wave dipole > in free space is about 72 ohms.OK, that's a single data point.> > I suspect that the OP is attempting to feed a symmetrical > dipole directly with coaxial cable, without a balun. The > feedline outside currents will create interesting effects > on the measurements. >I suspect he's trying to understand the S11 over frequency of an antenna at the far end of a piece of coax. What you say, OP? Jeroen Belleman
Reply by ●November 27, 20212021-11-27
On 11/26/2021 1:34 AM, amal banerjee wrote:> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? > How would one set up S parameter measurement > for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? > Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. > What about the other end ? An impedance with the > value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? > All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > >Get EZnec to model your antenna.
Reply by ●November 30, 20212021-11-30
"Jeroen Belleman" wrote in message news:snrf82$1q1$1@gioia.aioe.org... On 2021-11-26 09:20, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:> Am 26.11.21 um 08:34 schrieb amal banerjee: > >> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? >> How would one set up S parameter measurement >> for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? >> Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. >> What about the other end ? An impedance with the >> value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? >> All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. >> Thanks in advance. > > You would need only one port of the network analyzer > to connect the transmission line to the dipole. > You would see then the antenna and what the > transmission line does to it. > >> Apart of that you could measure between the 2 ports >> of the transmission line and then remove its influence > >on the dipole by math. (de-embedding) > > >> cheers, Gerhard > >>I suppose his real problem is modelling the antenna. >Modelling the network analyzer and the coax is easy.>I wouldn't know off hand how to model an antenna. Too >many unknowns. It's not a simple 377 Ohm resistor; that >much is certain.Well... a simple first cut spice model, is simply an LC circuit!! .SUBCKT AntennaDipoleRx_XN 1 2 in R0=75 F0=3G * _SS_Symbol [<System>SpecialFunctions.ssm] [AntennaRX] *Generic d1/2 wave dipole model approximation. Assumes 0.35uH/M for lambda/2 and resonating capacitor .param vel_2=1.5e8 .param ind=0.35e-6 R1 3 2 {R0} C1 4 in {0.025330295/ind/vel_2/F0} L1 4 3 {ind*vel_2/F0} .ends -- Kevin Aylward http://www.anasoft.co.uk/ SuperSpice http://www.kevinaylward.co.uk/ee/index.html
Reply by ●November 30, 20212021-11-30
On 2021-11-30 10:40, Kevin Aylward wrote:> "Jeroen Belleman" wrote in message news:snrf82$1q1$1@gioia.aioe.org... > > On 2021-11-26 09:20, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: >> Am 26.11.21 um 08:34 schrieb amal banerjee: >> >>> Could some electronics guru help me a bit ? >>> How would one set up S parameter measurement >>> for a one port network - a dipole antenna ? >>> Let the input be a 50 Ohm(Z0) transmission line. >>> What about the other end ? An impedance with the >>> value of tadiayion resistance 377 Ohm maybe ? >>> All hints, suggestions will bwgreatly appreciated. >>> Thanks in advance. >> >> You would need only one port of the network analyzer >> to connect the transmission line to the dipole. >> You would see then the antenna and what the >> transmission line does to it. >> >>> Apart of that you could measure between the 2 ports >>> of the transmission line and then remove its influence >> >on the dipole by math. (de-embedding) >> >> >>> cheers, Gerhard >> >> > > >> I suppose his real problem is modelling the antenna. >> Modelling the network analyzer and the coax is easy. > >> I wouldn't know off hand how to model an antenna. Too >> many unknowns. It's not a simple 377 Ohm resistor; that >> much is certain. > > Well... a simple first cut spice model, is simply an LC circuit!! > > .SUBCKT AntennaDipoleRx_XN 1 2 in R0=75 F0=3G > * _SS_Symbol [<System>SpecialFunctions.ssm] [AntennaRX] > *Generic d1/2 wave dipole model approximation. Assumes 0.35uH/M for lambda/2 and resonating capacitor > > .param vel_2=1.5e8 > .param ind=0.35e-6 > R1 3 2 {R0} > C1 4 in {0.025330295/ind/vel_2/F0} > L1 4 3 {ind*vel_2/F0} > .ends > > > -- Kevin Aylward > > http://www.anasoft.co.uk/ SuperSpice > http://www.kevinaylward.co.uk/ee/index.htmlFair enough. I shouldn't have bothered to answer the OP anyway. His questions are always the same: "Could some electronics guru help...", and then silence, no feedback, no additional info or questions, no conversation, nothing. He's been doing that for many years! This fellow could profit so much more if only he would entertain some dialogue. Jeroen Belleman
