Component

rfnetwork.component.Component

class rfnetwork.component.Component(shunt=False, passive=True, n_ports=2, state={})

Bases: object

Base class for Network Components

Parameters

shuntbool, default: False

If True, port 2 is connected to ground and port 1 is transformed into a 2-port component that can be cascaded with other components.

passivebool, default: True

if True, evaluate calls evaluate_sdata instead of evaluate_data and noise correlation matrix is computed passively.

n_portint, default: 2

number of component ports

statedict, optional

dictionary of state variables specific to the sub-class (i.e. line width, switch state etc…). The state values can be read with the state property and changed later with set_state(). Attempting to set the state of variables that were not included in the initial dictionary will raise an error.

Methods

Component.equals(other)	Returns True if the s-matrix data from other is equivalent to this object.
Component.evaluate([frequency, noise])	Computes the component s-matrix and (optionally) the noise correlation matrix.
Component.evaluate_data(frequency)	Returns s-matrix and noise correlation matrix of the component.
Component.evaluate_s([frequency])	Computes the component s-matrix data
Component.evaluate_sdata(frequency)	Returns s-matrix of the component.
Component.format_state(**kwargs)	Get a string value of all the state variables.
Component.plot(*paths[, frequency, fmt, ...])	Plots s-matrix or noise figure data over frequency
Component.port_extension(port, distance[, er])	Move the s-parameter reference plane at one port of the Component.
Component.reset_tune_plots()	Clears all plots added as tuning plots.
Component.set_state(**kwargs)	Change the state variables.
Component.tune(tuners)	Open a tuning window.

Attributes

Component.frequency	Generic frequency vector for base components
Component.n_ports	Number of ports of the component
Component.state	Dictionary of state values