2. Two Port Network
N-port Network
Z Parameter
Y Parameter
ABCD Parameter
Inverse ABCD Parameter
Hybrid Parameter
G Parameter
Conversion of Two-port parameters
Interconnection Of Two Port Network
3. If a network is having two pairs of terminals or two
ports then it is called as two port network.
I1 I2
+
Input
The Network
Output
_ Port
Port
_
+
V1 V2
6. The impedance or Z parameter of a two port network is
defined by
V z z I
V z z I
1
11 12 1
2 21 22 2
or in scalar form
V z I z I
V z I z I
1 11 1 12 2
2 21 1 22 2
7. The Z parameters can be found from
V V
1 1
z z
11 12
I I
1 I 0 2 I
0
2 1
V V
2 2
z z
21 22
I I
1 I 0 2 I
0
2 1
These parameters are call open circuit impedance parameters
8. The admittance or Y parameter of a two port network is
defined by
V
1
2
y y
11 12
21 22
1
2
V
y y
I
I
or in scalar form
I y V y V
I y V y V
1 11 1 12 2
2 21 1 22 2
9. The Y parameters can found from
I I
1 1
y y
11 12
V V
1 V 0 2 V
0
2 1
I I
2 2
y y
21 22
V V
1 V 0 2 V
0
2 1
These parameters are call short-circuited admittance parameters
10. The defining equations are:
V
V
2
2
1
1
I
A B
C D
I
1
V
2
V
A
V
1
I
B
I2 = 0
2
V2 = 0
1
V
2
I
C
I
1
I
D
I2 = 0 2
V2 = 0
11.
V V
2 A B 1
I C D I
2 1
V V
2 2
A B
V I
1 I 0 1 V
0
1 1
I I
2 2
C D
V I
1 I 0 1 V
0
1 1
12. H-parameter is the combination of Z and Y parameter defined
by
V h h I
I h h V
1
11 12 1
2 21 22 2
or in scalar form
V h I h V
I h I h V
1 11 1 12 2
2 21 1 22 2
H-parameter is commonly used in transistor
modeling.
13. The h parameters can found from
V z z
1
1 12 21
h z
11 11
I y z
1 0 11 22
2
I y z
2 21 21
2
1
1
21
1
0 11 22
2 12 21
22 22
2
0 11 22
1 12 12
12
2 0 11 22
1
V
V
I
I
h
I y z
I y y
h y
V y z
V y z
h
V y z
14. g-parameter is defined by
I g g V
V g g I
1
11 12 1
2 21 22 2
or in scalar form
I g V g I
V g V g I
1 11 1 12 2
2 21 1 22 2
g-parameter is an alternative form of hybrid representation.
15. The g parameters can found from
I y y h
1
1 12 21 22
g y
11 11
V z y h
1 0 11 22
2
V z y h
2 21 21 21
2
1
1
21
1
0 11 22
2 12 21 11
22 22
2
0 11 22
1 12 12 12
12
2 0 11 22
11 22 12 21
1
I
I
V
V
g
V z y h
V z z h
g z
I z y h
I z y h
g
I z y h
h h h h h
where
16. Two port parameters can be converted to any form as follows
I YV
1
I
V z z I
V z z I
V ZYV
V ZI
From
V
1
2
y y
11 12
21 22
2
V
y y
I
And
1 11 12 1
2 21 22 2
1 Z Y and 1 Y Z
17. z z
22 12
y y Z Z
y y z z
y y
z z Y Y
z z y y
Z z z z z
Y y y y y
11 22 12 21
11 22 12 21
11 12
21 22 21 11
Z Z
22 12
11 12
21 22 21 11
Y Y
where
18.
19. Three ways that two ports are interconnected:
* Parallel
* Series
* Cascade
y y y
a b z z z
a b
T T T
a b
ya
yb
za
zb
Ta Tb
Y parameters
Z parameters
ABCD parameters