Two-Port Network Models and Analysis

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Two-Port Linearity Issues

• Generalized Two-Port Parameters

  • Hybrid h-Parameters

    • Ideal Current Amplifier

    • Parameter Measurement Issues

  • Hybrid g-Parameters

    • g- and h-Parameter Interrelationships

    • Ideal Voltage Amplifier

  • Short Circuit y-Parameters

    • π-Type Network Model

    • Ideal Transconductor

    • Indefinite Admittance Matrix

  • Open Circuit z-Parameters

    • Tee-Type Network Model

    • Ideal Transresistor

  • Transmission Parameters

    • Input and Output Impedances

    • Voltage Transfer Function

    • Cascade Interconnection

    • Series and Shunt Branch Elements

• Two-Port Methods of Circuit Analysis

  • Circuit Analysis in Terms of h-Parameters

    • Open Loop Gain and Loop Gain Concepts

    • I/O Impedances

  • Circuit Analysis Via g-Parameters

  • Circuit Analysis in Terms of y-Parameters

  • Circuit Analysis in Terms of z-Parameters

  • Generalized Analytical Disclosures

• Systems of Interconnected Two Ports

  • Series-Shunt Feedback Architecture

  • Shunt-Series Feedback

  • Shunt-Shunt Feedback

  • Series-Series Feedback

• Power Flow and Transfer

  • Power Gain Expressions

  • Stability Considerations

  • Maximum Transducer Gain

  • Unilateralization

    • Shunt-Antiphase Shunt Compensation

    • Shunt-Antiphase Shunt Network Realization

• References

• Exercises