Edison, You said your ripple was in the insertion loss, not the return loss correct? What is your convergence criteria? How far down does the ripple go at 4 GHz for the 20GHz sweep? Are you doing an interpolated sweep? How many data points are you outputting? Aubrey Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2015, at 4:05 AM, Zheng Edison <edisonzheng@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Gert: > I have checked the convergence data,there are three runs below the > convergence criterium,So,it is not caused by convergence. > My question:how to cover the correct frequency range?In my case,the ripples > are significant at 4GHz when the frequency range is 25MHz to 20GHz,and > disappear when the sweeping range is changed to 25MHz to 30GHz. > > Edison > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Havermann, Gert" <Gert.Havermann@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: February 12, 2015 9:28 PM > To: edisonzheng@xxxxxxxx, si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: AW: [SI-LIST] about the hfss simulation result > > Ripples in RL are reflections and some reflections are frequency dependant. > If you do not cover the correct frequency range, the results might be wrong. > In addition, check your convergence data. you should specify that at least > two runs are below the convergence criterium because sometimes the > convergence is in a resonant behavior, thus the convergence isn't really meet > although the criteium was meet once. > > BR > Gert > > > ---------------------------------------- > Absender ist HARTING Electronics GmbH, Marienwerderstraße 3, D-32339 > Espelkamp; Registergericht: Amtsgericht Bad Oeynhausen; Register-Nr.: HRB > 8808; Vertretungsberechtigte Geschäftsführer: Dipl.-Kfm. Edgar-Peter Düning, > Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Ratzmann, Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. Ralf Martin Klein > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im > Auftrag von Zheng Edison > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2015 14:03 > An: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [SI-LIST] about the hfss simulation result > > Hi,experts > I am doing a simulation to optimize the impedance of cap pairs.I found the > insertion loss curve of the cap pair had unnormal ripples,then I changed the > frequency sweep range,the ripples disappeared!I am sure all the setup > parameters are correct. I am confused that wheather my optimization is ok.can > anyone give me some suggestions? > > Edison------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu