Converter

Overview

The () icon allows to insert an 'converter' control in the workspace. 'Converter' control is a hidden control which allows to convert a specific curves type (S-parameters, Power Sweep, Video-Bandwidth, Modulated Power Sweep ... ) into a "Generic" curve type. This tool is useful when two data provided by two different input data files formats have to be compared, displayed on the same graph or used to define custom equations. It's also useful to rename data.

Configuration

In the converter, the aim is to define the data to convert and provide them new ID and new name. It's also possible to keep the subcurves relation selecting the level to extract in "Subcurves" section.

Output Data

"Output Data" menu allows defining and setting the data to convert.

Click to add data and to delete it.

Level: select the frequency level corresponding to the data to display
Note: The level setting is done to sort the data when harmonics (Level : f0, 2.f0, 3.f0 ...) or 2-tones (Level : 2.f2-f1, f1, f2, 2.f1-f2 ...) measurements analysis are required.
Data: select the parameter to display
Note: The data list depends on the *.imx file loaded in the 'Datasource, on the 'Allowed curves' defined and on the 'Level' selected. The data list is sorted by alphabetical order.
Complex ?: define if the data is a complex or not, if checked, unlocks the following parameter.
Complex Part: select the complex part corresponding to the parameter to display when this one is a complex number (A1,B1,A2,B2, Zin, Zload, ...).
Unit: select the unit of the parameter to display
Note: The unit list depends on the data selected.
Post-treatment: allows to invert the sign

Output ID / OutputName: setup a an ID and a name to the output Data.

Output Variables

"Output Variables" menu allows defining and setting variables associated to converted curves.

Click to add data and to delete it.

Source: select if the parameter is a variable or data
Method: select the method of extraction ( 'Minimum', 'Maximum', 'First', 'Last', 'Average', 'Sum')
Level: select the frequency level corresponding to the data to display
Note: The level setting is done to sort the data when harmonics (Level : f0, 2.f0, 3.f0 ...) or 2-tones (Level : 2.f2-f1, f1, f2, 2.f1-f2 ...) measurements analysis are required.
Data: select the parameter to display
Note: The data list depends on the *.imx file loaded in the 'Datasource, on the 'Allowed curves' defined and on the 'Level' selected. The data list is sorted by alphabetical order.
Complex ?: define if the data is a complex or not, if checked, unlocks the following parameter.
Complex Part: select the complex part corresponding to the parameter to display when this one is a complex number (A1,B1,A2,B2, Zin, Zload, ...).
Unit: select the unit of the parameter to display
Note: The unit list depends on the data selected.
Post-treatment: allows to invert the sign

ID: ID of the output curve, change to define a custom one
Rounding: if a numerical data is used, defines the precision of the number of digits to compare (after the comma).

Settings

"Settings" menu allows setting subcurves level to extract

Example

In this example, two data files are loaded in the "datasource" plugin (). One file is a measurment file (*.imx) and the second one is a simulation file exported in (*.csv). The csv file include two data, "Pout_dBm_re@f0" and "PAE_pct_re@f0".

Note that the csv file is automatically a "Generic" curve type. However the measurement is a "Power Sweep using VNA [1-tone]" type and the equivalent data are called Pout and PAE. Therefore "Allowed Curves" and data are incompatible, as shown below:

Using the converter, is it possible to convert measurement data in "Generic" format and then rename the data as defined in the *.csv file.