AmpSingleCarrier (Single Carrier Amplifier)

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Name	Description	Units	Default
Freq	Frequency	None	None
S21	Forward transmission coefficient; use x + j × y polar (x,y), dbpolar (x, y) for complex value	None	None
S11	Forward reflection coefficient; use x + j × y polar (x,y), dbpolar (x, y), vswrpolar (x, y) for complex value	None	None
S22	Reverse reflection coefficient; use x + j × y polar (x,y), dbpolar (x, y), vswrpolar (x, y) for complex value	None	None
S12	Reverse reflection coefficient; use x + j × y polar (x,y), dbpolar (x, y) for complex value	None	None
NF	Noise figure	dB	None
NFmin	Minimum noise figure at Sopt	dB	None
Sopt	Optimum source reflection for minimum noise figure; use x + j × y polar (x,y), dbpolar (x, y) for complex value	None	None
Rn	Equivalent noise resistance	None	None
Z1	Reference impedance for port 1	None	None
Z2	Reference impedance for port 2	None	None
GainCompFile	Filename for Gain Compression (GCOMP7) Data	None	None

AmpSingleCarrier is based on FDD (frequency-domain defined device). The incident power level at the amplifier input is detected and the corresponding gain is obtained by interpolating the gain compression table given by GainCompFile. In harmonic balance simulation, the output signal has only one frequency component given by the Freq parameter. Neither harmonics nor intermodulation products are generated by AmpSingleCarrier. In Envelope simulation, the output signal contains only the complex envelope around one frequency given by the Freq parameter.
Z1 and Z2, the reference impedance parameters for ports 1 and 2, are used in conjunction with the parameters S11/S21/S12/S22. This is because S-data is always used with respect to a particular reference impedance.