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Sonnet User's Guide - Sonnet Software

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Chapter 5 Ports<br />

NOTE:<br />

When using auto-grounded ports, be aware than any coupling<br />

between auto-grounded ports is not accounted for when performing<br />

the de-embedding.<br />

For more information on auto-grounded ports, see “Automatic-Grounded Ports,”<br />

page 76.<br />

Ungrounded Internal Ports:<br />

• Used in the interior of a circuit.<br />

• Each terminal is attached to one of two adjacent polygons.<br />

• Used in place of a co-calibrated port when you do not want any<br />

space between the two polygons.<br />

• Will have a different ground reference from the other ports in the<br />

circuit.<br />

• Commonly used to add a series element in post em processing.<br />

• Reference planes cannot be used.<br />

For more information on ungrounded internal ports, see “Ungrounded Internal<br />

Ports,” page 78.<br />

Port Normalizing Impedances<br />

The default normalizing impedance for a port is 50 ohms. This is done since 50<br />

ohms is an industry standard; some analysis tools only accept the value of 50 ohms<br />

as the normalizing impedance.<br />

In rare cases, you may wish to have S-parameters normalized to some other impedance.<br />

The normalizing impedance in <strong>Sonnet</strong> is represented by four numbers as<br />

shown in the diagram below. First is the real part in ohms. Next comes the reactive<br />

part in ohms. Third is the inductive part in nanohenries (nH). The last number is<br />

63

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