SPICE-Compatible Circuit Models of Multiports Described by Scattering Parameters with Arbitrary Reference Impedances

Abstract

New SPICE-compatible circuit models of a multiport are presented here that are suitable for the frequency-domain and time-domain analyses of hybrid systems containing linear distributed elements and possibly non-linear lumped elements. Distributed elements models are based on scattering parameters with potentially complex reference impedances, which are not necessarily equal for all ports. Both exact and approximated (lumped) models are proposed. The scattering parameters are directly taken as the model element values in the former case. In the latter case, the model element values are equal to the real and imaginary parts of the poles and residues of the rational approximation. The models comprise a multiport (with an admittance matrix numerically equal to the modeled scattering matrix or approximating it) equipped with a pair of coupled impedances at each port. A few examples validate the proposed approach and prove its efficiency in terms of matrix size and analysis time compared to some selected commercial counterparts.