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Sonnet User's Guide - Sonnet Software

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<strong>Sonnet</strong> User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

project editor or Output ⇒ PI Model File in the response viewer). The PI model<br />

is only applicable for a narrow band. The model that is output is usually one which<br />

is intuitive and easily understood by a user as shown below.<br />

Z a<br />

Z b Z c<br />

may be used for any<br />

number of ports.<br />

This figure shows a 2-port<br />

model, but the PI model<br />

The second output is an N-coupled line (Multiple Transmission Line) model. <strong>Sonnet</strong><br />

creates this model when you specify an N-Coupled Line Model output file in<br />

the Spectre format (Analysis ⇒ Output Files in the project editor or Output ⇒ N-<br />

Coupled Line Model in the response viewer). This model produces a RLGC matrix<br />

which can be used in Cadence Virtuoso Spectre. The equivalent circuit is shown<br />

below for four lossless transmission lines.<br />

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