microwave software®
Utilities+® User Manual
RF/Microwave Design Utility Programs
APPENDIX A
Directories & Files
Our installation software creates three directories for use by the first program of ours that you install. The top directory, just off the root, is C:\MWSOFT, the second is the program folder \UTILITIE, and the last, (see about 14 lines below), is \MWDATA5. The tree structure is like what's shown below: However, once you have one of our programs, each additional install only creates a program folder, and a datasub-directory for that software program.
So, if you have all six programs, you will have one main directory, six program folders, and six sub-directories.
Here are the names, below \MWSOFT, of our various program folders and their corresponding data sub-directories:
\SMITHMAT \MWDATA1 SmithMatch
\SCEPTRE \MWDATA2 Sceptre
\MSTRIP \MWDATA3 MStrip+
\OPTIMATC \MWDATA4 OptiMatch
\UTILITIE \MWDATA5 Utilities+
\SDATA \MWDATA6 SData+
In the above sketch, your hard drive "Root" is C: Below, (or aside it) are your system, program, and User created directories. We use the \MWSOFT directory for all of our main program .exe files. Its "path" on your hard drive is c:\mwsoft.
In the sketch, only one sub-directory named MWDATA is shown for simplicity. In reality, we use a separate data directory for each of our programs. If you have all six programs, you will have six sub-directories.
A significant advantage to this directory scheme is that, to access a file, you do not need to type a path, just a file name. Each of our programs "knows" that the data files are one level below the program folder.
Our installation software creates three directories for use by the first program of ours that you install. The top directory, just off the root, is C:\MWSOFT, the second is the program folder \UTILITIE, and the last, (see about 14 lines below), is \MWDATA5. The tree structure is like what's shown below: However, once you have one of our programs, each additional install only creates a program folder, and a datasub-directory for that software program.
So, if you have all six programs, you will have one main directory, six program folders, and six sub-directories.
Here are the names, below \MWSOFT, of our various program folders and their corresponding data sub-directories:
\SMITHMAT \MWDATA1 SmithMatch
\SCEPTRE \MWDATA2 Sceptre
\MSTRIP \MWDATA3 MStrip+
\OPTIMATC \MWDATA4 OptiMatch
\UTILITIE \MWDATA5 Utilities+
\SDATA \MWDATA6 SData+
In the above sketch, your hard drive "Root" is C: Below, (or aside it) are your system, program, and User created directories. We use the \MWSOFT directory for all of our main program .exe files. Its "path" on your hard drive is c:\mwsoft.
In the sketch, only one sub-directory named MWDATA is shown for simplicity. In reality, we use a separate data directory for each of our programs. If you have all six programs, you will have six sub-directories.
A significant advantage to this directory scheme is that, to access a file, you do not need to type a path, just a file name. Each of our programs "knows" that the data files are one level below the program folder.
Support Files
For Utilities+, there currently is no need for
support files. However, future revisions of the program may
require them, so we're creating a \MWDATA5 sub-directory, in advance,
during the installation, to simplify your possible up-grade.
Typical support files perform a number of functions. At a minimum, they record program usage, and whether or not you have an on-board clock. In the case of SmithMatch, this file records AR, your screen aspect ratio. In OptiMatch, the files store your preferred unit set, and changes made to algorithm variables.
.IMP Files
These are impedance files that are used by SmithMatch,
Sceptre, OptiMatch, and the SData+
programs. They are in simple ascii text format and contain three
entries per line. These are frequency, Re (Z), and Im(Z). A maximum of ten
lines of data are allowed.
.CKT Files
This file type is only used by Sceptre,
our
frequency domain analysis program. Like a .IMP file, it is in simple
ascii format. However, unlike a .IMP file, it can have any number of
lines, and each line carries more data. Parameters like frequency, an
s-data matrix, stability factor elements K & B1, gain, etc.
.S2P Files
This file type is only used by SData+.
It's a special type widely used in the industry and
may contain s-data, noise data, or both.