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RFWorkbenchRFCascadeAnalysis

ClickanicontodownloadRFWorkbenchonlyafteryouhavereadandagreedtotheShareware
terms.
NOTE:IfyouhaveeitherMicrosoftExcel,thenyoumightbebetteroffusingRFCascade
Workbookforthecascadecalculationsandthefilterresponses.Theresultsarethesame,but
theconvenientspreadsheetformatallowsyoutouseaninfinitenumberorstagesallinonefile.Itdoesnot,however,
havetheSpurWebfeatureforcalculatingmixerspuriousproductsforthat,useRFWorkbench.
SystemRequirements:80386,2MBRAM,1MBHardDisk,VGAColorMonitor,Mouse
Note:RFWorkbenchWILLNOTruninany64bitversionofWindowsw/oanemulator!Fortunately,DOSBox(free)will
allowaDOSscreencaptureofanyRFWorkbenchscreen!Italsofixes"TheNTVDMCPUhasencounteredanillegal
instruction,"errors.
Whenunzipping"rfwb40b.zip",besuretoselecttheoptiontorecreatethesubdirectories.

SystemScreenSpurWebScreenPlanningScreen

ThankstoMr.TedBrucefordiscoveringthismethod!
ClickHereforDOSBoxinstructions.
ClickhereforFAQaboutRFWorkbench
Clickhereifyouareexperiencinginstallationproblems
ClickhereforexamplefilesreferencedintheManual

Component
Models GainBlocks:Gain/Loss,NF,IP2,IP3,P1dB,TC.
Mixers:ConvLoss/Gain,NF,IP2,IP3,P1dB,TC,LOPwr,RFPwr,SingleTone9x9SpurTable
(loadablefromfile).
Filters:fC,BW,fU,fL,N,IL/Gain,Ripple,NF,IP2,IP3,P1dB,TC{Ideal,Butter,Cheby,Bessel}.
CalculateseffectivenoiseBW.Calculates3dBBWforCheby.
Input:Linearsweepordatafile.
LO:FundPwr,2ndHarmPwr,fC,BW,fU,fL,Fixed/Tracking.

Graph
Screen Plotsofamplitudeandgroupdelayversusfrequency.
Dynamiccursorreadout.
Absoluteandrelativecursorreadoutmodes.
Autoormanualscalingofaxislimits.
Scalezoomwithmouse.
Customizeplotcolorsandwhichplotstoview.
Viewatableofcalculatedvaluesinawindow.

SpurWeb
Screen Uniquegraphicalsearchmethodforsimplefrequencyplandetermination.
TrackingandfixedLOmodelsaccommodated.
Specifyharmonicrangetosearch.
Customizeinbandandoutofbandcolors.
Inbandspurproductslistedintablewithlabelsplacedonplot.
Openspurlevelcalculationwindowforexactfrequencyandamplitude.

Planning
Screen Uptofivestagesononescreen.
3dimensionalfrequencyplangraphwithdynamiccursorreadout.
Twomodes:(1)YouenterstageparametersandletRFWorkbenchcalculateinput/outputresults
or(2)Youenterthestageinputs/outputsandletRFWorkbenchcalculatetheworstcase
requirementsforeachstagethatwillensuremeetingsystemspecifications.

Auxiliary
Windows CascadeParameterGraph:A3Dviewofhowthegain,NF,etc.,propagatethroughthesystem
ateachcomponentoutput.

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TX/RXPathBudget:Entertransmitter,antenna,freespacepath,andreceiverparametersto RFCafeSoftware
calculatepowerlevel,SNR,NF,etc.atreceiveroutput.
DynamicRange:CalculateSNR,dynamicrange,spuriousfreeDR,noisepower,etc.
I/OConversion:Convertcomponentparametersfrominputtooutput,andviceversa.
SpurCalculation:Calculateamplitudeandfrequencyvaluesforspurproductsthatincludemixer
suppression,systemgains/losses,andfilterresponses.
RFCascadeWorkbook
CalculatorWorkbook
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RFWorkbenchisincludedinmanycollectionsofengineeringsoftware,includingEngineering2000CD SmithChartforVisio
SmithChartforExcel
SeewhereRFWorkbench(formerlyTxRxDesigner)iscreditedhereinanarticlebyHaroldH.Kinley,C.E.T.
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