Hello, I have a question regarding quantifying the error between measured s- parameters and s-parameters obtained using an EM simulator. In some publications by visually inspecting plots you get a 'good agreement between measured and calcuated' but this doesnt provide any error quantity. Is taking the percentage error between the measured and modeled s- parameters sufficent (or even meaningful)? I have seen in application notes provided by EM vendors that it is more desirable to compare the accuracy of the simulation by calculating the difference in impedance or velocity of propagation as opposed to to calculating the percentage difference in s-parameters. Any suggestions Regards, Eoin Mc Gibney Cork Institute of Technology Ireland emcgibney@xxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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