Co-Calibrated Internal Ports introduce perfectly calibrated connections on the interior of circuitry so that models may be connected in your favorite frequency or time domain circuit simulator. For instance, Co-Calibrated Ports might be used for calibrated internal connections for later attachment of a sophisticated non-linear transistor model in an electrical circuit simulation. The co-calibrated ports are associated with a calibration group. All of the ports in a calibration group share a common ground and are de-embedded simultaneously during the analysis to remove all cross-coupling them—even if they are very closely spaced. There is no limitation on how many ports may be in a calibration group.

Components

The “Component,” a new object in Sonnet, is introduced in this release. A Component is used to include an electrical or circuit theory model into your electromagnetic simulation. The electrical model may be an ideal component (such as an ideal capacitor), or a data model component (such as a vendor S-parameter model for a surface mount transistor or amplifier). The EM analysis engine, em, uses circuit theory to attach the specified component to your geometry for the simulation, or creates ports which may be connected in a circuit simulation tool. Components are based on a new de-embedding technology used for co-calibrated ports. (Click on the figures below to enlarge.)