User manual MATLAB RF BLOCKSET RELEASE NOTES

[. . . ] Please see www. mathworks. com/patents for more information. Contents Summary by Version . 1 4 5 7 9 11 13 15 19 20 21 23 25 26 27 30 iii iv Contents RF BlocksetTM Release Notes Summary by Version This table provides quick access to what's new in each version. Version (Release) Latest Version V2. 5. 1 (R2010a) New Features and Changes No Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports Includes fixes Related Documentation at Web Site Printable Release Notes: PDF Current product documentation V2. 5 (R2009b) V2. 4 (R2009a) V2. 3 (R2008b) V2. 2 (R2008a) V2. 1 (R2007b) V2. 0 (R2007a) V1. 3. 1 (R2006b) V1. 3 (R2006a) V1. 2 (R14SP3) V1. 1 (R14SP2) V1. 0. 2 (R14SP1) Yes Details Yes Details Yes Details Yes Details Yes Details Yes Details No Yes Details Yes Details Yes Details No Yes Summary Yes Summary Yes Summary No No No No No No No No Bug Reports Includes fixes Bug Reports Includes fixes Bug Reports Includes fixes Bug Reports Includes fixes Bug Reports Bug Reports Bug Reports Bug Reports at Web site Bug Reports at Web site No bug fixes List of bug fixes No No No No No No No No No No No 1 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes Version (Release) V1. 0. 1 (R14+) V1. 0 (R14) New Features and Changes No Yes Details Version Compatibility Considerations No Not applicable Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Fixed bugs No bug fixes Related Documentation at Web Site No No Using Release Notes Use release notes when upgrading to a newer version to learn about: · New features · Changes · Potential impact on your existing files and practices Review the release notes for other MathWorksTM products required for this product (for example, MATLAB® or Simulink®). Determine if enhancements, bugs, or compatibility considerations in other products impact you. [. . . ] These parameters are useful for detailed RF analysis, but not for the system-level RF analysis that RF Blockset software supports. In some cases, using RF Blockset software to plot these parameters can lead to incorrect results. Compatibility Considerations Your existing models that plot GammaMS and GammaML will not longer plot these parameters. The library contains these new blocks: · Series R · Series L · Series C · Shunt R · Shunt L · Shunt C These blocks used to be part of the Ladder Filters library and are now part of the Series/Shunt RLC library: · Series RLC · Shunt RLC 13 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes Physical Mixer Block Icons Updated The icons for the blocks in the Mixer library now show the local oscillator that these blocks model. The following blocks have new icons: · General Mixer · S-Parameters Mixer · Y-Parameters Mixer · Z-Parameters Mixer Demos Added and Updated User-Defined Models: Nonlinear Amplifier uses a nonlinear amplifier example to show how to create custom (user-defined) models for RF Blockset software. An Executable Specification for System Design now uses a more realistic model for the front-end filter and provides better instructions for validating the specification. 14 Version 2. 0 (R2007a) RF BlocksetTM Software Version 2. 0 (R2007a) RF Blockset Software This table summarizes what's new in V2. 0 (R2007a): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports at Web site Related Documentation at Web Site No New features and changes introduced in this version are · "Agilent P2D and S2D System-Level Verification Model Support Added" on page 15 · "Dialog Boxes for Physical Blocks Reorganized" on page 16 · "Data File Import Improved" on page 17 · "Noise Specification Options Added" on page 17 · "Nonlinearity Specification Options Added" on page 17 · "Plotting Options Added" on page 17 · "Connection Port Block Added" on page 18 · "Demos Added" on page 18 Agilent P2D and S2D System-Level Verification Model Support Added The General Amplifier and General Mixer blocks now let you import system-level verification models of amplifiers and mixers, respectively, using data from Agilent® P2D and S2D files. Use P2D files to specify the following data for multiple operating conditions, such as temperature and bias values: · Small-signal network parameters · Power-dependent network parameters 15 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes · Noise data · Intermodulation tables Use S2D files to specify the following data for multiple operating conditions: · Small-signal network parameters · Gain compression (1 dB) · Third-order intercept point (IP3) · Power-dependent S21 parameters · Noise data · Intermodulation tables For more information on specifying operating conditions, see "Specifying Operating Conditions". Dialog Boxes for Physical Blocks Reorganized The block dialog boxes of the Physical blocks are now organized by tab. All physical block dialog boxes now contain the following tabs: · Main -- Specify basic block parameters. In addition, all physical amplifier and mixer blocks contain the following tabs: · Noise data -- Specify thermal noise data. · Nonlinearity Data -- Specify third-order intercept or power data. The General Amplfier and General Mixer block dialog boxes also contain an Operating Conditions tab for specifying operating condition information after you import a P2D or S2D file into a block. For information about the parameters available for a particular block, see the reference page for that block. 16 Version 2. 0 (R2007a) RF BlocksetTM Software Data File Import Improved For blocks that accept data from a file, the new Data file parameter lets you specify the name of the file to import. Previous versions required you to use the RF Toolbox read function to import the file into the RFCKT object parameter. Noise Specification Options Added For physical amplifier and mixer blocks, the following noise specification options are now available: · Spot noise data imported into the block · Spot noise data in the block dialog box · Noise figure, noise factor, or noise temperature value in the block dialog box For more information on the new noise specification options, see "Modeling Noise". Nonlinearity Specification Options Added For physical amplifier and mixer blocks, the following nonlinearity specification options are now available: · Power data, which consists of output power as a function of input power, imported into the block. · Third-order intercept data, with or without one or more power parameters, in the block dialog box. The power parameters are gain compression power and output saturation power. For more information on the new nonlinearity specification options, see "Modeling Nonlinearity". Plotting Options Added For the X-Y plane plot, the following options are now available in the Visualization tab: 17 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes · You can specify the scale of the x- and y-axes. · You can create a plot that contains data on both the left and right y-axes. For more information on the new plotting options, see "Plotting Model Data". Connection Port Block Added Use the Connection Port block in a subsystem composed of RF Blockset blocks to add an RF Blockset physical modeling connector port to the subsystem. Demos Added Power in Simulink Sources and Signals uses several Simulink and RF Blockset models to show how to set the amplitude of a source to achieve the desired power level and how to display the power and power spectrum of a Simulink signal. An Executable Specification for System Design shows how to use the Model-Based Design methodology with the blockset to build an executable specification that helps to tightly couple interactions between the various design teams that are involved in the system-level design. 18 Version 1. 3. 1 (R2006b) RF BlocksetTM Software Version 1. 3. 1 (R2006b) RF Blockset Software This table summarizes what's new in V1. 3. 1 (R2006b): New Features and Changes No Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports Related Documentation at Web Site No 19 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes Version 1. 3 (R2006a) RF Blockset Software This table summarizes what's new in V1. 3 (R2006a): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports at Web site Related Documentation at Web Site No New features and changes introduced in this version are described here: Upper and Lower Power Limit Parameters Added to the Mathematical Amplifier Block Two parameters have been added to the Amplifier block in the Mathematical sublibrary. The Upper input power limit for AM/PM conversion (dBm) and Lower input power limit for AM/PM conversion (dBm) specify the maximum and minimum input power for which AM/PM conversion scales linearly with input power value. Beyond these limits, AM/PM conversion is constant at the values corresponding to the upper and lower input power limits 20 Version 1. 2 (R14SP3) RF BlocksetTM Software Version 1. 2 (R14SP3) RF Blockset Software This table summarizes what's new in V1. 2 (R14SP3): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports at Web site Related Documentation at Web Site No New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "RLCG Transmission Line Block Added" on page 21 · "Frequency-Dependent Parameters Now Supported for the Transmission Line Block" on page 21 · "Budget Plots Now Supported for the Output Port Block" on page 22 · "Consistency Checking Added for Pin/Pout Data" on page 22 · "Parameter Specifying the Impulse Response Length Renamed" on page 22 · "Error Messages Improved" on page 22 · "Demos Improved" on page 22 RLCG Transmission Line Block Added An RLCG Transmission Line block has been added to the Transmission Lines sublibrary of the Physical library. This block lets you model RLCG transmission lines. Frequency-Dependent Parameters Now Supported for the Transmission Line Block The Transmission Line block's Characteristic impedance, Phase velocity (m/s), and Loss (dB/m) parameters can now be frequency dependent. 21 RF BlocksetTM Release Notes Budget Plots Now Supported for the Output Port Block You can now create system budget plots from the Output Port block. Consistency Checking Added for Pin/Pout Data The blockset checks that the small signal gain calculated from the Pin/Pout data is the same as the gain (S21) calculated from the S-parameters. If it is not, the blockset adjusts the Pin/Pout curve so that the small signal gain is the same as S21. Parameter Specifying the Impulse Response Length Renamed The Max length of impulse response parameter has been renamed to Finite impulse response filter length. [. . . ] Mathematical portions of an RF model may also include other Simulink blocks that describe components mathematically. 28 Version 1. 0 (R14) RF BlocksetTM Software Data Visualization RF Blockset software lets you plot the network parameters of the component blocks in the Physical library. For each such block, you can generate an X-Y plane plot, polar plane plot, or Smith® Chart of selected network parameters in a specified frequency range. The dialog box for each block contains the parameters you need to specify the plot. The blockset also provides a composite plot which includes four separate plots in one figure. [. . . ]