NAME¶
transcalc — analysis and synthesis tool for microwave and RF transmsision
lines
SYNOPSIS¶
transcalc [
-h/--help] [
-v/--version]
DESCRIPTION¶
transcalc is an analysis and synthesis tool for calculating the
electrical and physical properties of different kinds of RF and microwave
transmission lines.
Transcalc allows you to interactively edit substrate, component, physical
and electrical parameters of a given transmission line. For each type of
transmission line, using entry boxes, you can enter values for the various
parameters, and either calculate its electrical properties (press Analyze
button or function key F3), or use the given electrical requirements to
sythesize (press Synthesize button or function key F4) physical parameters of
the required transmission line.
When run for the first time
Transcalc creates a .transcalc directory
under the user's home directory, where some configuration information is
stored.
Transcalc remembers the last transmission line parameters used
when the user exits and presents those parameters when restarted.
Calculated results are updated and presented within the user interface. Moving
the mouse over the parameter labels pops up a more helpful tooltip about that
parameter. For example, if you wonder what "Er" stands for, move the
mouse over it and a helpful tooltip tells you that it stands for relative
permittivity.
Transcalc knows and converts between many unit types for length,
frequency, resistance and angles. Default units can be saved by using the
File->Options menu. Calculated results include conductor and dielectric
losses in decibels (dB).
OPTIONS¶
Transcalc has few command line options at this point.
- -v, --version
- Causes transcalc to print its version number (a string on the form
MAJOR.MINOR, like 0.10) to the standard output, and then exit.
AUTHOR¶
transcalc was written by Gopal Narayanan (gopal@astro.umass.edu) and
Claudio Girardi (claudio.girardi@ieee.org).
transcalc is available at
http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/ (link to URL
http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/) .