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The renormalized wave quantities (a
1
and b
1
) and the S-matrix S
1
can be calculated
from S
0
and the reference impedances Z
0i
, Z
1i
according to two alternative waveguide
circuit theories.
1. Traveling waves
In the model of Marks and Williams ("A General Waveguide Circuit Theory"), the
wave quantities a and b are transformed as follows:
i
i
iiii
iiii
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
b
a
ZZZZ
ZZZZ
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
b
a
0
0
1010
1010
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
)Re(
)Re(
2
1
The renormalized S-matrix S1 is calculated as:
PSESPS
1
00
1
1
with the unit matrix E and two additional matrices with the elements
ii
ii
ii
ZZ
ZZ
01
01
)Re(
)Re(
1
0
0
1
10
0
i
i
i
i
ii
i
ii
Z
Z
Z
Z
ZZ
Z
P
2. Power waves
In the model of Kurokawa ("Power Waves and the Scattering Matrix"), the wave
quantities a and b are transformed as follows:
i
i
iiii
iiii
ii
i
i
b
a
ZZZZ
ZZZZ
ZZ
b
a
0
0
1010
1010
10
1
1
)Re()Re(2
1
The renormalized S-matrix S1 is calculated as:
ASESAS
1
00
1
1
with the unit matrix E and two additional matrices with the elements
ii
ii
ii
ZZ
ZZ
01
01
iiii
ii
ii
ii
A
1
1
1
Measurement results