NAME

       transcalc — analysis and synthesis tool for microwave and RF transmsision lines

SYNOPSIS

       transcalc [-h/--help]  [-v/--version]

DESCRIPTION

       transcalc  is  an  analysis  and synthesis tool for calculating the electrical and physical properties of
       different kinds of RF and microwave transmission lines.

       Transcalc allows you to interactively edit substrate, component, physical and electrical parameters of  a
       given  transmission line. For each type of transmission line, using entry boxes, you can enter values for
       the various parameters, and either calculate its electrical properties (press Analyze button or  function
       key  F3),  or use the given electrical requirements to sythesize (press Synthesize button or function key
       F4) physical parameters of the required transmission line.

       When run for the first time  Transcalc        creates  a  .transcalc  directory  under  the  user's  home
       directory, where some configuration information is stored. Transcalc remembers the last transmission line
       parameters used when the user exits and presents those parameters when restarted.

       Calculated results are updated and presented within  the  user  interface.  Moving  the  mouse  over  the
       parameter  labels  pops  up  a more helpful tooltip about that parameter. For example, if you wonder what
       "Er" stands for, move the mouse over it and a helpful tooltip tells  you  that  it  stands  for  relative
       permittivity.

       Transcalc  knows  and  converts  between  many  unit  types for length, frequency, resistance and angles.
       Default units can be saved by using the File->Options menu.  Calculated  results  include  conductor  and
       dielectric losses in decibels (dB).

OPTIONS

       Transcalc has few command line options at this point.

       -v, --version
                 Causes  transcalc  to print its version number (a string on the form MAJOR.MINOR, like 0.10) to
                 the standard  output,  and then exit.

AUTHOR

       transcalc   was   written   by   Gopal   Narayanan   (gopal@astro.umass.edu)    and    Claudio    Girardi
       (claudio.girardi@ieee.org).  transcalc  is  available  at  http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/ (link to URL
       http://transcalc.sourceforge.net/) .

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