Hello, Deng, 1) Yes. Many tools check for passivity (and causality). Some companies, such as Teraspeed, have proprietary algorithms to guarantee passivity. I believe Georgia Tech also has a passivity algorithm. 2) Paul Franzon and Michael Steer at Georgia Tech have done research in this area. They can point you to other universities and companies working in this research area. 3) At an undergraduate level (RLC), Bode plots have a linear dB slope and constant phase when far from poles and zeroes. Similar approaches might be useful for S-parameters. Best of luck! - Lynne "IBIS training when you need it, where you need it." Dr. Lynne Green Green Streak Programs http://www.greenstreakprograms.com 425-788-0412 lgreen22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deng, Zhichao Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:27 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Rational Approximation with passivity enforcement I am a PhD student and I am doing literature research on the topic of rational approximation with passivity enforcement. It seems that the passivity enforcement are almost based on the state space form with LMI or Hamiltonian matrices for the passivity of either Y or S parameters. 1) Is there any commercial tool available has passivity enforcement capability? 2) What is the latest trend on passivity enforcement? 3) How to fix DC value of S parameter during vector fitting process? Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu