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8 results for “S11”.

  1. LessonTransmission Lines & Matching

    Terminations, Reflections & Standing Waves

    Predict what returns from a discontinuity and how line length changes the impedance seen at another plane.

    Matching section: Load boundary and Γ
  2. LessonTransmission Lines & Matching

    Two-Port Networks & S-Parameters

    Read conditional complex port data, check its contract, and cascade compatible network descriptions.

    Matching section: Read every element of the S-matrix
  3. LessonTransmission Lines & Matching

    Smith Chart as an Engineering Map

    Use reflection geometry to trace impedance, admittance, line, and element transformations with algebraic checks.

    Matching section: The Smith chart is a bilinear map
  4. LessonAntennas & Propagation

    Antenna Parameters That Describe Different Things

    Separate match, loss, direction, polarization, and receive behavior before choosing evidence.

    Matching section: Failure: good S11 is reported as a “good antenna”
  5. LessonAntennas & Propagation

    Antenna Measurement & Link Reality

    Reconcile port, chamber, and field evidence with uncertainty.

    Matching section: S11 is boundary evidence, not radiation evidence
  6. ToolImpedance and matching

    VSWR, Return Loss & Reflection

    Convert among reflection coefficient, return loss, mismatch loss, VSWR, and impedance.

  7. ToolImpedance and matching

    Smith Chart Explorer

    Move between normalized impedance, admittance, and reflection-coefficient views analytically.

  8. ToolNetwork data and measurement

    S-Parameter Viewer

    Parse a bounded local Touchstone subset and inspect magnitude, phase, Smith position, and group delay.