Units

Units are case-sensitive. Generally only units with useful conversions are defined. Unit tracking or aggregation is generally not desired. If no unit is defined, the default is assumed. The following is a list of standard units.

Length

    • Default is meter. Permissible units are:

        • m

        • mil, mils

        • in, inch

        • ft, foot, feet

        • mi, mile

Angle

    • Default is degrees. Permissible units are:

        • deg, degree, degrees

        • rad, radian, radians

Time

    • Default is seconds. Permissible units are:

        • day, dy, days

        • hour, hours, hr, hrs

        • min, minutes, minute

        • s, second, seconds

Percent

    • Permissible units are:

        • %

Log

    • Permissible units are:

      • dB: linear translation assumes "voltage" dB, e.g. -3dB is 0.7071 (convention for S-Parameters)

Metric

Default is no modifier. If the unit is not one of the above, then the first character in the unit will set the multiplier. Therefore 'nF', 'nH', 'n', and 'no_unit' are all equivalent to Mason (obviously the last one would cause confusing results for the unwary designer).

    • f (1e-15)

    • p (1e-12)

    • n (1e-9)

    • u (1e-6)

    • m (1e-3)

    • c (1e-2)

    • d (1e-1)

    • D (1e1)

    • k (1e3)

    • M (1e6)

    • G (1e9)

    • T (1e12)

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