Charlie, Think of your transfer function as 1-port (1x1) S-parameter matrix. Find poles/residues, then implement it as a transfer function (i.e. Laplace or Pole E-element). Vladimir On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:36:40 -0400 Charlie Sweet wrote: Hi Yuriy, Thanks for your feedback, I looked into the vectfit Matlab / Octave script and found it focuses on fits to Y or S parameter matrices. I am interested in pole-zero fits to a transfer function, not full 2 port Y or S parameter matrices. Can I assume S11=S22=0 and S12=S21 with magnitude of S21 = transfer function gain and phase of S21 = transfer function phase to obtain a reasonable pole-zero fit or is more required to obtain a causal, stable model? The transfer functions typically are smooth functions with no discontinuities in magnitude or phase versus frequency. The actual networks are not passive and I am primarily interested in the forward direction, not reflections. Thanks, Charlie On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Yuriy Shlepnev <shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Charlie, > > VECTFIT is the software for rational macro-modeling developed by Bjorn > Gustavsen - available at > http://www.energy.sintef.no/Produkt/VECTFIT/downloads.htm > Pretty much all fitting or rational macro-modeling tools in the industry > are > based on the vectfit algorithm (though the performance and capabilities are > very different in each implementation). > > Our free tool Simbeor 2008.01 L0 can be also used to build rational > macro-models for 2-port structures (available at > www.simberian.com/Downloads.php - item 2, the download requires > registration > at our web site). > > > Best regards, > Yuriy Shlepnev > www.simberian.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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