Current revision is 2.14; revision history is at the bottom of this page
Here are some pertinent features:
OK This program expedites the design of lumped-element diplexers using the
lowpass/highpass topology.
OK Here are the highlights of this program:
- To design and analyze the lowpass/highpass type of diplexer, the program accepts for its inputs the crossover
frequency, the order, the passband ripple and the system impedance.
- To design and analyze the bandpass/bandstop type of diplexer, the program accepts the lower and upper bandedges
along with the order, the passband ripple and the system impedance.
- See the schematic drawn on the screen including both the actual and (for HP/LP topology) normalized component values.
- On the Plot screen, you can "tune" the crossover frequency (or the bandedges), the passband ripple and the order
and get instant feedback regarding how those items affect the transmission to the two ports as well as the return loss
looking into the common port.
- Click on the Print button and send the data plot and the schematic to the printer using a very high resolution -
presentation quality - plotting system (not just a screen dump).
- Diplexer generates nice schematic [.ASC] files for LTspice. This enables an arbitrary input signal to be applied to
the input to see the voltage and current stresses on the individual components.
(Tonne Software has no connection with Linear Technology Corporation.)
- On exiting the program the current design is saved to enable a simplified program restart.
Here are screen dumps from the program illustrating some of the outputs to the screen. Click on them to see larger
versions; use your browser's BACK button to return.
Design screen:
Output screen:
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2.14 - added multiple LTspice file writers; added markers to printout; graphics refinements.
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2.13 - significant rewrite and upgrade of nearly the entire program.
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2.12 - renamed buttons from Spice to LTspice.
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2.11 - clarified/expanded entries.
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2.10 - complete rewrite of the user interface for both the lowpass/highpass type and the
bandpass/bandstop type
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2.09 - allow the user to enter up to five marker frequencies
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2.08 - lowered minimum-allowed crossover frequency to go as low as
.1Hz to allow determining
normalized (one ohm, one radian/second) values
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2.07 - added LTspice schematic routine to Bandpass/Bandstop version
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2.06 - added LTspice schematic routine to Highpass/Lowpass version
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2.05 - extended frequency range to 10 Hz-10GHz
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2.04 - added bandpass/bandstop topology.
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2.03 - added plotting for return loss.
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2.02 - added plotting for transmission. This also allowed the tuning of various items to be added.
Released as
2.01 - December 2005
