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Status Future Consideration
Product Spotfire
Categories Visualization
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 16, 2021

Smith Chart Visualization

In the RF and Microwave space, we often plot VSWR and Phase data on a Smith Chart. This type of visualization is not available in Spotfire and we would like to see it added.

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  • Guest
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    Feb 28, 2022

    An early prototype of a smith chart exists in the prototypes section of the Spotfire Mods GitHub repository. It would be interesting to hear about any features that you would expect of a Smith chart.

    The prototype uses a categorical axis for points and uses two continuous axes to represent the real and imaginary part. The points can also be colored via a color axis.

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    Niklas Amberntsson
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    Aug 16, 2021

    Thank you Brian.

  • Guest
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    Aug 16, 2021

    Niklas - yes that is the chart type we are looking for. Attached are some examples of our current plots via another tool.

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    Niklas Amberntsson
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    Aug 16, 2021

    Brian, many thanks for contributing your idea. Just to be sure, is this the chart type you are referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_chart