NAME

cascade - Noise and distortion analysis for cascaded systems.

SYNOPSIS

cascade [GNU style options]

cascade file

DESCRIPTION

The cascade program analyzes the noise and distortion performance of a cascaded system. The functional blocks in the system are each characterized by a gain and optionally noise figure and third order intercept point. In addition a source with a particular signal level and noise level may be specified. Cascade then calculates the system noise figure and input third order intercept at each stage. If the source was specified, the signal level, carrier to noise ratio, and distortion level is reported at each stage in the system.

Cascade accepts the following options.

--copyright: Displays copyright information.
--help: Displays help information.
--version: Displays current version of the program.

FILES

.../share/examples/cascade/*.cas: Example cascade input files.
.../share/doc/cascade/index.html: Documentation for cascade in HTML format.
.../share/emacs/site-lisp/cascade-mode.el: Emacs major mode for editing cascade input files.

EXAMPLES

cascade ex1.cas | more

HISTORY

Cascade was first written in March of 1997 as a way to learn about gawk and make a useful program at the same time.

AUTHORS

Cascade was written by Dan McMahill <mcmahill@alum.mit.edu>

BUGS

None known. Please report any to Dan McMahill <mcmahill@alum.mit.edu>