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<h3>Measure &nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p>The <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>Measure</I></span> submenu<span style="font-style: italic;"> 
 <I></I></span>selects the quantity to be measured and displayed. </p>

<p class="whs1"><img src="../../../small_images/info_red.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span class=dropspot><a HREF="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/S-Parameters.htm"
	id=A17
	style="x-condition: OLH; position: relative;">Measured quantities</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="76%" class="whs7">
<p class=Figure><img src="Measure_menu.gif" width="229px" height="324px" border="0" class="img_whs8"></td></tr>
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	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 href="Trace_-_Measure.htm#S-Parameters"
	id=A3
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">S11</I></span><span 
 style="font-style: italic; x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><I>,</I></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> 
 <I></I></span><span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; font-style: italic;"><I>S12, S21, 
 </I></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>S22</I></span></a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script> 
 select the <span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;">four 
 elements of the standard 2-port scattering matrix (S-parameters)</span>. </p></li>
	
	<li style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; /*begin!kadov{{*/ x-condition: ZVB_A_T; /*}}end!kadov*/ "
		class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List
								style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 href="Trace_-_Measure.htm#More_S_Parameters"
	id=A1
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">More S-Parameters</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A1');
//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a dialog to select S-parameters for multiport measurements or mixed 
 mode S-parameters. </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Ratios/Ratios.htm"
	id=A2
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Ratios</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a submenu to select and define ratios of wave quantities. </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Wave_Quantities/Wave_Quantities.htm"
	id=A4
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Wave 
 Quantities</a><script type="text/javascript"
											language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A4');
//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a submenu to select the absolute (unratioed) power of the analyzed 
 signals (wave quantities). </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Impedance/Impedance.htm"
	id=A7
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Impedance</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A7');
//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a submenu to convert reflection S-parameters into matched-circuit 
 impedances (converted Z-parameters). </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Admittance/Admittance.htm"
	id=A8
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Admittance</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A8');
//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a submenu to convert reflection S-parameters into matched-circuit 
 admittances (converted Y-parameters). </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Z-Parameters/Z_Parameters.htm"
	id=A10
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Z-Parameters</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a dialog to select arbitrary open-circuit impedance parameters describing 
 a linear circuit. </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Y-Parameters/Y_Parameters.htm"
	id=A16
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Y-Parameters</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a dialog to select arbitrary short-circuit admittance parameters 
 describing a linear circuit. </p></li>
	
	<li style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"
		class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Stability_Factors.htm"
	id=A5
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Stability 
 Factor</a><script type="text/javascript"
										language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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 selects one of the three factors K, <span style="font-family: Symbol, serif;">m</span><span 
 style="vertical-align: Sub;">1</span> or <span style="font-family: Symbol, serif;">m</span><span 
 style="vertical-align: Sub;">2 </span>to assess the stability of linear 
 circuits (e.g. amplifiers).</p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Stability_Factors.htm#Imbalance"
	id=A32
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Imbalance</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script> 
 </I></span>opens a dialog to select the imbalance for balanced ports. </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="Stability_Factors.htm#All_S_Params"
	id=A33
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">All 
 S-Params</a><script type="text/javascript"
										language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A33');
//--></script> 
 </I></span>displays all S-parameters that the analyzer can measure in the 
 appropriate diagram areas.<span style="font-style: italic;"> <I>&nbsp;</I></span></p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="DC_Inputs/DC_Input.htm"
	id=A6
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">DC Inputs</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A6');
//--></script></I></span> 
 selects and configures the measurement of DC powers and the Power Added 
 Efficiency (PAE). </p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 href="DC_Inputs/DC_Input.htm"
	id=a18
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Power 
 Sensor</a><script type="text/javascript"
										language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a18');
//--></script></I></span> 
 opens a configuration dialog for the measurement of wave quantities using 
 an external power meter. </p></li>
</ul>

<p class=Dropdownline
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><img src="../../../small_images/info_red.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs2"><a class="dropspot" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="a9" style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">Port 
 assignments of the DUT and the analyzer</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></p>

<div class="droptext" id="POPUP173196250" style="display: 'none'; " x-ss-type="dropdown">
 <p class=Dropdowntext><a href="#S-Parameters"
						id=a30
						style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">S-parameters</a> 
 S<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;out&gt;&lt; in&gt; </span>characterize 
 the Device Under Test, so the indices &lt;out&gt; and &lt; in&gt; denote 
 the output and input ports of the DUT. Analogously the waves a<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">1</span> 
 and a<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">2</span> are referred to as incident 
 waves, b<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">1</span> and b<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">2</span> 
 to as outgoing waves.</p>
 <p class=Dropdowntext>The analyzer measures the <a href="Wave_Quantities/Wave_Quantities.htm"
													id=a19
													style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">waves 
 a<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">1</span>, b<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">1</span>, 
 ...</a> 
 at its own test ports in order to obtain S-parameters, ratios and other 
 derived quantities. The test ports of the analyzer are numbered, so it 
 is convenient to use them as a reference, defining port number n of the 
 DUT as the port connected to test port n of the analyzer. With this convention 
 the waves a<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">n</span> and b<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">n</span> 
 have the following meaning:</p>
 <ul type="disc" class="whs9">
  <li class=kadov-p-CList>
  <p class=List>a<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">n</span> 
 is the wave transmitted at test port no. n of the analyzer (stimulus signal) 
 and fed to port number n of the DUT (incident wave).</p></li>
  <li class=kadov-p-CList>
  <p class=List>b<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">n</span> 
 is the wave transmitted at port number n of the DUT (response signal) 
 and received at test port no. n of the analyzer (received wave). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li>
 </ul>
</div>
<p class=Note><span style="color: #ff0000; font-style: italic;"><font color=red ><I><img src="../../../small_images/note.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs2"></I></font></span> The analyzer offers various diagrams and display formats 
 to visualize the results. The analyzer places no restriction on the formats 
 that are available for each measured quantity. However, to keep the interpretation 
 simple, it is recommended to select an appropriate display format; see 
 <a href="../Format/Trace_Format.htm" id="a11" style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Trace 
 - Format</a><script type="text/javascript"
										language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a11');
//--></script>. 
 </p>


<hr align="center" width="50%" class="whs10">


<h4><a name=S-Parameters></a>S11<span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;">, S12, 
 S21, S22</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;
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 </h4>

<p>Select <span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;">one of </span>the <span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;">four 
 elements of the standard 2-port scattering matrix (S-parameters)</span>. </p>

<p class=Figure
	style="margin-left: 0pt;"><img src="S-parameters.jpg" width="552px" height="208px" border="0" class="img_whs11"></p>

<p>The S-parameters are the basic measured quantities of a network analyzer. 
 They describe how the DUT modifies a signal that is transmitted or reflected 
 in forward or reverse direction. S-parameters are expressed as S<span 
 style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;out&gt;&lt; in&gt;</span>, where &lt;out&gt; 
 and &lt;in&gt; denote the output and input port numbers of the DUT. </p>

<p class="whs12"><img src="../../../small_images/info_red.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs13"><a HREF="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/S-Parameters.htm#S-Parameters"
														id=A12
														style="x-condition: OLH, ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">Meaning 
 of S-parameters</a><script type="text/javascript"
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<p class="whs14">A full 2-port S-parameter measurement 
 involves 2 stages (referred to as <A href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="BSSCPopup('Trace_-_Measure_text0.htm');return false;" onMouseOver="if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="popupspot" >partial 
 measurements</a><script type="text/javascript"
											language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a27');
//--></script>) 
 with interchanged drive and receive ports. The analyzer automatically 
 switches the internal power sources and the receivers to obtain the desired 
 S-parameters<span style="font-style: italic;"><I>.</I></span><span 
 style="color: #ff0000;"> <font color=red ></font></span></p>

<table x-use-null-cells class="whs3">

<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="24%" class="whs5">
<p class="whs15">Remote control:</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="76%" class="whs7">
<p class="whs16"><a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
													id=a13
													style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">CALCulate&lt;Ch&gt;:PARameter:MEASure 
 &quot;&lt;Trace_Name&gt;&quot;, &quot;S11&quot;</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a13');
//--></script><a 
 href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
	id=a43
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;"> | &quot;S12&quot; 
 | &quot;S21&quot; | &quot;S22&quot;</a><script type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a43');
//--></script> 
 <a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/SENSe/SENSe_FUNCtion.htm#FUNCtion" id="a21" style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ "><br>
[SENSe&lt;Chn&gt;:]FUNCtion[:ON] &quot;...:POWer:S&lt;11</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a21');
//--></script><a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/SENSe/SENSe_FUNCtion.htm#FUNCtion" id="a44" style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;"> | 12 | 21 | 22</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a44');
//--></script><a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/SENSe/SENSe_FUNCtion.htm#FUNCtion" id="a45" style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">&gt;&quot;</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a45');
//--></script>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="whs16"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Create 
 new trace and select name and measurement parameter:</span> <a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
	id=a22
	style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ "><br>
CALCulate&lt;Ch&gt;:PARameter:SDEFine &quot;&lt;Trace_Name&gt;&quot;, &quot;S11&quot;</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a22');
//--></script><a 
 href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
	id=a46
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;"> | &quot;S12&quot; 
 | &quot;S21&quot; | &quot;S22&quot;</a><script type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a46');
//--></script> 
 </td></tr>
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<hr align="center" width="50%" class="whs10">


<h4 class="whs17"><a name=More_S_Parameters></a> More S-Parameters 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;
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 </h4>

<p class="whs14">Opens a dialog to select S-parameters 
 for multiport measurements (including the 2-port S-parameters) or mixed 
 mode S-parameters. </p>

<p class=Figure
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T, Webhelp_Print;"><img src="More_S_parameters.jpg" width="253px" height="256px" border="0" class="img_whs18"></p>

<p class="whs14">The<span style="font-style: italic;"><I> 
 More S-Parameters </I></span>dialog provides the following settings: </p>

<ul class="whs19">
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List><span style="font-style: italic;"><I>S-Parameter 
 </I></span>selects the type (left pull-down list) and the port number assignment 
 (right pull-down list) of the <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>S-parameter</I></span>. 
 Mixed mode parameters are only available if a balanced port configuration 
 is active. They are expressed as S<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;mout&gt;&lt;min&gt;</span>, 
 where &lt;mout&gt; and &lt;min&gt; denote the output and input port modes. 
 The port numbers are assigned in the order S<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;out&gt;&lt; 
 in&gt;</span>, where &lt;out&gt; and &lt;in&gt; denote the output (response) 
 and input (stimulus) port numbers of the DUT. </p></li>
	
	<li style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; /*begin!kadov{{*/ x-condition: ZVB_A_T; /*}}end!kadov*/ "
		class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List
								style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a 
 HREF="../../Channel/Mode/Balanced_Ports.htm"
	id=A28
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">Balanced and Measured 
 Ports</a><script type="text/javascript"
										language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></I></span> 
 opens the<span style="font-style: italic;"> <I></I></span>dialog of the same 
 name to define the properties of the test ports. Single-ended (unbalanced) 
 S-parameters are assigned to the physical test ports of the analyzer. 
 Balanced S-parameters are assigned to logical test ports. Selecting a 
 balanced port configuration with logical test ports means that the <a 
 HREF="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/Balance_-_Unbalance_Conversion.htm"
	id=A38
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">unbalance-balance 
 conversion</a><script type="text/javascript"
											language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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 is switched on and that the analyzer provides <a HREF="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/Mixed_Mode_Parameters.htm"
													id=A39
													style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">mixed 
 mode S-parameters</a><script type="text/javascript"
													language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('A39');
//--></script>. 
 &nbsp;</p></li>
</ul>

<ul class="whs19">
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List>The graphics above the <span 
 style="font-style: italic;"><I>Balanced and Measured Ports </I></span><span>button</span> 
 illustrates the current port configuration. </p></li>
</ul>

<p class=Dropdownline
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><span style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><span><span 
 style="color: #ff0000;
		font-style: italic;
		x-condition: ZVB_A_T;"><font color=red ><I><img src="../../../small_images/note.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs20"></I></font></span></span><a class="dropspot" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="a15" style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">The port configuration 
 is valid for all traces in the channel</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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 <p class=Dropdowntext>The settings made in the <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>Balanced 
 and Measured Ports </I></span>dialog are channel settings and therefore apply 
 to all traces assigned to the channel <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>(Balanced 
 and Measured Ports </I></span>is also accessible through <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>Channel 
 </I></span>&#8211;<span style="font-style: italic;"><I>Mode</I></span>&#8211;<span style="font-style: italic;"><I><a href="../../Channel/Mode/Channel_Mode.htm#Port_Configuration"
										id=a31
										style="/*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Port 
 Config...</a></I></span>). 
 Within a channel the analyzer measures either single-ended or mixed mode 
 parameters. If a balanced test port configuration is selected the single-ended 
 parameters assigned to the channel are converted into mixed mode parameters.</p>
</div>
<p class=Linkline
	style="position: relative; x-condition: OLH, ZVB_A_T;"><span class=dropspot
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T, OLH;"><img src="../../../small_images/info_red.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="32px" height="37px" border="0" class="img_whs21"> </span><a href="Trace_-_Measure.htm#Mixed_mode_S_parameters"
	id=A14
	style="x-condition: OLH, ZVB_A_T; /*begin!kadov{{*/ position: relative; /*}}end!kadov*/ ">Single-ended 
 and mixed mode S-parameters</a><script type="text/javascript"
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<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="24%" class="whs5">
<p class="whs15">Remote control:</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="76%" class="whs7">
<p class="whs23"><a 
 href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
	id=a20
	style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">CALCulate&lt;Ch&gt;:PARameter:MEASure 
 &quot;&lt;Trace_Name&gt;&quot;, &quot;S11&quot; | &quot;S12&quot; | &quot;S21&quot; 
 | &quot;S22&quot;</a><script type="text/javascript"
													language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script> 
 <a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/SENSe/SENSe_FUNCtion.htm#FUNCtion" id="a23" style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;"><br>
[SENSe&lt;Chn&gt;:]FUNCtion[:ON] &quot;...:POWer:S&lt;11 | 12 | 21 | 22&gt;&quot;</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="whs23"><span 
 style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Create new trace and select 
 name and measurement parameter:</span> <a href="../../../SCPI_Reference/CALCulate/CALCulate_PARameter.htm#SDEFine"
											id=a41
											style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;"><br>
CALCulate&lt;Ch&gt;:PARameter:SDEFine &quot;&lt;Trace_Name&gt;&quot;, &quot;S11&quot; 
 | &quot;S12&quot; | &quot;S21&quot; | &quot;S22&quot;</a><script 
 type="text/javascript"
	language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script> 
 </td></tr>
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<h4 class="whs17"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><font color=red ><a name=Mixed_mode_S_parameters></a></font></span>Single-Ended 
 and Mixed Mode Parameters </h4>

<p class="whs14">The analyzer measures <a href="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/S-Parameters.htm"
															id=a25
															style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">single-ended 
 (unbalanced) parameters</a><script type="text/javascript"
														language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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 (S-parameters, impedances, admittances, Z-parameters, Y-parameters) unless 
 a balanced port configuration is selected. In the <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>More 
 S-Parameters </I></span><span>dialog and the analogous dialogs for the other 
 quantities, t</span>he left <span>parameter selection</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> 
 <I></I></span>field shows the parameter type <span style="font-style: italic;"><I>(S, 
 Y, Z)</I></span> and is disabled (grayed). The range of output and input port 
 numbers &lt;out&gt; and &lt;in&gt; depends on the analyzer model. 
 <script type="text/javascript"
											language=JavaScript1.2><!--
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//--></script></p>

<p class="whs14">The analyzer switches to <a href="../../../System_Overview/Measurement_Parameters/Mixed_Mode_Parameters.htm"
															id=a26
															style="x-condition: ZVB_A_T; position: relative;">mixed 
 mode parameter</a><script type="text/javascript"
												language=JavaScript1.2><!--
kadovInitEffects('a26');
//--></script> 
 measurement if a balanced port configuration is selected. The left parameter 
 selection<span style="font-style: italic;"> <I></I></span>field is enabled and 
 offers a selection of matrices S<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;mout&gt;&lt;min&gt;</span> 
 (or Z<span style="vertical-align: Sub;">&lt;mout&gt;&lt;min&gt;</span>, 
 ...) where &lt;mout&gt; and &lt;min&gt; denote the output and input port 
 modes. The following three output or input modes are available:</p>

<ul type="disc" class="whs25">
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List>s: Single-ended (for unbalanced 
 ports)</p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List>d: Differential mode (for balanced 
 ports)</p></li>
	
	<li class=kadov-p-CList><p class=List>c: Common mode (for balanced 
 ports) </p></li>
</ul>

<p class="whs14">All possible combinations of mixed mode 
 parameters (e.g. Sss, Scs, Sds, Sdd,..., Zss, Zcs,...) are provided. Sss 
 is used for unbalanced S-parameters if the balanced-unbalanced conversion 
 is active; otherwise the port mode indices ss are omitted. &nbsp;</p>

<p class="whs14">The selected modes must be compatible 
 with the port configuration. If an attempt is made to select an incompatible 
 parameter (e.g. a single-ended parameter for a balanced port), the analyzer 
 displays an error message. </p>


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