RFSim99 anomaly
Hi all,
I use RFSim99 pretty often, and appreciate all it does. I've come
across a few "strangenesses" in the past, and just found a new one to
add to the list:
In the RF Calculator Resonance/Reactance tool, enter 10MHz and 50pF.
The resonating inductance is correctly shown as 5.066uH. Now change
the capacitance to 50nF; you'd expect the inductance to show as
5.066nH, but it shows instead as 5.061nH. Change the capacitance to
50uF and the inductance shows as 5.066pH as expected. This isn't a
big error, but it's a little puzzling that it's there at all. I
discovered it when calculating values for a very narrow LC filter near
10MHz; I'm not sure if the error is worse than this at some points or
not. This particular error seems to be only in the calculator, not in
the simulator.
Cheers,
Tom
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