How to Read S-Parameters Like a Book

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How to Read S-Parameters Like a Book

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March 20, 2026 at 11:53:16 AM

With Eric Bogatin

In this episode, signal integrity expert Eric Bogatin and Judy Warner, partners in creating The EEcosystem Engineering Masterclasses, introduce the S-Parameters Masterclass, the third course in the series. They discuss why S-parameters are essential but often misunderstood in high-speed digital, signal integrity, and hardware design, and how engineers can interpret return loss, insertion loss, crosstalk, and time-domain behavior from simulation and measurement data. This conversation is essential for signal integrity engineers, hardware designers, and PCB designers who use TDR, field solvers, or measured S-parameters and want to understand them and never be intimidated by them again!

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