tidy3d.RLCNetwork

class RLCNetwork

Bases: Tidy3dBaseModel

Class for representing a simple network consisting of a resistor, capacitor, and inductor. Provides additional functionality for representing the network as an equivalent medium.

Parameters:

• attrs (dict = {}) – Dictionary storing arbitrary metadata for a Tidy3D object. This dictionary can be freely used by the user for storing data without affecting the operation of Tidy3D as it is not used internally. Note that, unlike regular Tidy3D fields, attrs are mutable. For example, the following is allowed for setting an attr obj.attrs['foo'] = bar. Also note that Tidy3D` will raise a TypeError if attrs contain objects that can not be serialized. One can check if attrs are serializable by calling obj.json().

• resistance (Optional[PositiveFloat] = None) – Resistance value in ohms.

• capacitance (Optional[PositiveFloat] = None) – Capacitance value in farads.

• inductance (Optional[PositiveFloat] = None) – Inductance value in henrys.

• network_topology (Literal['series', 'parallel'] = series) – Describes whether network elements are connected in series or parallel.

Notes

Implementation is based on the equivalent medium introduced by [1].

References

[1]

J. A. Pereda, F. Alimenti, P. Mezzanotte, L. Roselli and R. Sorrentino, “A new algorithm for the incorporation of arbitrary linear lumped networks into FDTD simulators,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 943-949, Jun. 1999.

Example

>>> RL_series = RLCNetwork(resistance=75,
...                        inductance=1e-9,
...                        network_topology="series"
...             )

Attributes

attrs

Methods

Inherited Common Usage

resistance

capacitance

inductance

network_topology

__hash__()

Hash method.