S-Parameter Simulation Simulation using T-Line

Hi experts,

I am having problem with S-parameter simulation of 4 port for tranmission line. I have used "LTLINE2" component as my channel and I want to use this channel later for high-speed SERDES communication with differential TX/RX. But before that I need to know channel characteristics. May be after building a good channel here I can export the s-parameter file and use for other transceiver already built in Cadence. This is just for my basic simulation understanding. I have used controlled impedance line designer to put the line multilayer channel design inside the "LTLINE2" component. Now if I simulate the simulation result is not convincing, the S(2,1) or S(1,2) curves are linear not bumpy. What is wrong with my simulation setup or circuit or any other thing?

I have attached the screenshot of schematic and simulation in the attached file.

You help will be highly appreciated.

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Controlled Impedance Line Designer.JPG

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Hello,

This is Tim, author of .

For S21 to have ripples, the peak of S11 ripple needs to exceed -10 dB.

Because you optimized the coupled line to have 100 Ohm Zdiff, there is no mismatch and I expect S11 to be lower than -40 dB.

If you want to introduce ripples to S21, you need a pair of lines that's not well-matched.

Feel free to send me an email at

Tim

Hi all

(amended): I was thinking that something is wrong because in schematic simulation, the line has more than 300dB loss. However, I didn't notice the extreme line length of 15m in schematic.

To see the small ripple from mismatch, this 0-400dB is the wrong scale. A shorter line (some wavelength) might be more useful for that test.

Best regards

Volker

I agree. Using the rule of thumb for S21, -0.1 dB/in/GHz, at 10 GHz, the S21 of a 15-in line should roughly be -15 dB.

However, the data display shows about -200 dB of loss at 5 GHz.

In other words, the loss is -40 dB/GHz, with -0.1 dB/in/GHz, the line length is around 400 in.

In the schematic, if you correct the 15000 mm to 15000 mil, you should be able to see S21 around -15dB.

Hi @ Tim Wang Lee and @volker_muehlhaus,

Thanks a lot for your help. It worked after I changed the length (reduced to 15000 mil and less also). Now I plotted the s-parameter using graphs.

Now I wanted to save the s-parameter file as .s4p. But it says an error message which I attached as screenshot here. It says:

Port Z not the same for all ports. Please normalize data to a single impedance using the measurement equation 'write_snp()' before touchstone export

Here Z should not be same as expected. Why need to normalize to save .s4p file to save 4-port touchstone file and how to do it as they said using 'write_snp()'?

Best Regards,

Piash

Double check that all ports in schematic have the same value (50 Ohm). For using the S-params in the circuit, it doesn't matter what port impedance value you use for export, but it must the same value for all ports.

Using the data file tool for export is fine. Using write_snp() in the schematic is just another way to export the data.

Another good way is to use SPOutput in the schematic.

Thank you for all the help

Thanks it worked...

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