Optional Output Files

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In addition to viewing your response within Sonnet, you may also export data files for use in other tools. The table below shows which formats are available:

Optional Output Files

Format

Default File Extension

Descriptions

Touchstone

.s2p, .s3p, etc.

Touchstone response file containing S, Y, or Z-parameter data. The file may contain any number of ports.

Databank

.s2p, .s3p, etc.

Databank format response file containing S, Y, or Z-parameter data. The file may contain any number of ports.

Spreadsheet

.csv

Comma separated value data for a spreadsheet such as Excel.

Spectre

.scs, .dat

Cadence format Spice file: Pi model, N-Coupled Line Model or Broadband model.

PSpice

.lib

PSpice file:  Pi model or Broadband model.

HSPICE

.lib

HSPICE file: Broadband model or N-Coupled Line Model.

Keysight MDF

.mdf

Keysight Microwave Data Interchange Format.

Cadence

.dat

Response file containing S, Y, or Z-Parameter data for any number of ports.


You may specify optional output files in the Output Files page of the Circuit Settings dialog box in the project editor. You may also create output files in the response viewer, see the Output menu for details.