Shulong, You can treat Rij as a transfer impedance between port i and j. In other words, it is the ratio of induced voltage at port i caused by the source current at port i. Hope it is helpful. Sogo Hsu, Ph. D. Foxconn --- In si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, slwu <Shulong.Wu@xxxx> wrote: > Hi Ji, > > Then how to understand Rij which confuse me for a long time ?? > > Thanks in advance > > Shulong > > Ji Zheng wrote: > > > Chris, > > > > Actually Gij is easier to understand compared to Rij.:-) Gij is the negative > > of the conductance between line i and line j (in the cross section) while > > Gii is the total conductance between line i and ground as well as other > > lines. Think of Cij and Cii, they are analogous to Gij and Gii...... > > > > Ji > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: si-list-bounce@xxxx > > [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Cheng > > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:06 PM > > To: si-list@xxxx > > Subject: [SI-LIST] Off diagonal Gij in RLGC matrix > > > > Dear friends, > > I am loosing faith in the HSPICE fieldsolver W element on transmission line > > at long distant and very high speed. One alternative I am looking into is to > > use frequency dependent tabular W models especially coupled with TDR or SNA > > measurements I can do in the lab. While The R,L,C part of the matrix is > > relatively easy to understand and model, I am having a hard time visualizing > > the off diagonal elements in the G matrix. Conventional thinking suggest the > > diagonal Gii elements can be used to model dielectric loss, I haven't seen > > any reference to what is the meaning of the Gij's and how to determine it > > experimentally. > > So the question is : > > a) Is it even worth generating Gij numbers or simply ignore it ? > > b) If Gij are needed, how to determine them experimentally ? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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