Hi, We uploaded Sanjeev's method as a guest post on my blog: http://signal-integrity.tm.agilent.com/2009/s-parameter-bisection-using-optimization/ hth -- Colin Warwick Signal Integrity Product Marketing Manager, Agilent EEsof EDA -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GUPTA,SANJEEV (A-Sonoma,ex1) Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:52 PM To: hassan@xxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: GUPTA,SANJEEV (A-Sonoma,ex1) Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: S-parameter Bisection Hello All, When it comes to splitting S-parameter into two equal half you can use ADS. It is a much simpler process. Please send me your personal email if you need an ADS example by tomorrow along with the methodology utilized. Thanks and regards, Sanjeev Gupta Agilent Technologies, EEsof Division --------------- On Tue 11/10/09 12:04 PM , "Moeller, Merrick" mmoeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sent: Is it possible to split a passive S-parameter matrix into two equal sections? For example; given s-parameters for a transmission line of a 10" length can the matrix be split into two 5" lengths. Assume that the passive s-parameter obeys reciprocity. The reason I'm asking is that I have a test fixture on each end of my measurement that I'm trying to de-embed. The insertion loss can be subtracted very easily, but the return loss and other parameters have a great deal of error dealing with de-embedding from one side of the DUT only. I'm hoping to break the fixture into two equal parts without having a direct point of measurement to do so otherwise. Merrick M. Moeller ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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