groupdelay

Group delay of S-parameter object or RF filter object or RF Toolbox circuit object

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Syntax

gd = groupdelay(sparamobj)
gd = groupdelay(__,i,j)
gd = groupdelay(rfobj,freq)
gd = groupdelay(__,Name,Value)

Description

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gd = groupdelay(sparamobj) calculates the group delay of an S-parameter object at the frequencies specified in the S-parameter object file. sparamobj can be an S-parameters object or an nport object.

gd = groupdelay(__,i,j) calculates the group delay of a specific Sij. If i, j are not specified, the group delay is calculated for S21 for two-port objects and S11 for non-two-port objects.

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gd = groupdelay(rfobj,freq) calculates the group delay of an RF Toolbox™ network object, rfobj, at the specified frequencies.

gd = groupdelay(__,Name,Value) calculates the group delay using additional options specified by one or more name-value pair arguments. You can use any of the arguments from the previous syntaxes.

Example: gd = groupdelay (filter, frequency, 'Aperture', 50)

Examples

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Open Live Script

Calculate and plot the group delay of an RLC notch filter at the frequency range of 10 -1000 GHz.

filt = circuit('notch');
add(filt,[1 2],resistor(200));
add(filt,[1 2],inductor(100e-9));
add(filt,[1 2],capacitor(25e-12));
setports(filt,[1 0],[2 0]);
freq = 10e6:10e4:1000e6;
gd = groupdelay(filt,freq);
figure
plot(freq,gd)

Open Live Script

Find and plot the group delay from the specified Touchstone® file. 

S = sparameters('defaultbandpass.s2p');
freq = S.Frequencies;
gd = groupdelay(S,freq);
figure
plot(freq,gd)

Open Live Script

Calculate and plot the group delay of an RF Filter object at the frequency range of 0.5 - 3.5 GHz.

r = rffilter('FilterType','Butterworth','ResponseType',"Bandpass");
freq = linspace(0.5e9,3.5e9,1001);
gd  = groupdelay(r,freq);
plot(freq/1e9,gd)
xlabel('Frequency (GHz)');
ylabel('Group delay (seconds)');

Open Live Script

Create a two-wire transmission line using these specifications:

  • Radius - 0.5 mm

  • Dielectric - air

  • Thickness of dielectric or separation - 1.088 mm

  • Permittivity or EpsilonR - 1.0054

twowiretxline = txlineTwoWire('Radius',0.5e-3,'EpsilonR',1.0054,'Separation',1.088e-3);

Calculate the noise figure and the group delay of the transmission line at 2.5 GHz.

nf = noisefigure(twowiretxline,2.5e9)
nf = 0

gd = groupdelay(twowiretxline,2.5e9)
gd = 3.3446e-11

Input Arguments

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S-parameter object. The function uses the data in the object to calculate the group delay.

Example: sparamobj = sparameters('defaultbandpass.s2p')

RF object, specified as one of the following:

Frequencies at which group delay is calculated, specified as a vector of positive real numbers.

Port numbers of S-parameter object or RF object, specified as scalar integers.

Example: S12

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: gd = groupdelay (filter, frequency, 'Aperture', 50)

Width of two frequency points, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Aperture' and a real, positive, numerics scalar or vector.

Example: 'Aperture',50

Data Types: double

Impedance of S-parameters, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Impedance' and a real positive numeric scalar. The default impedance values for different objects are:

  • 50 — LC ladder and circuit objects

  • obj.impedance — S-parameter objects

  • obj.networkdata.impedance — N-port objects

Example: 50

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Group delay, returned as a numeric scalar in seconds.

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Introduced in R2015b

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