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Understanding Return Loss vs. Reflection Coefficient

RL and S11 are similar metrics for measuring reflected power, with RL in dB calculated as 10log(Pr/Pi) and S11 in dB calculated as 10log(Pr/Pi). While S11 is generally a complex quantity, when expressed in dB like RL, the two metrics are equal, with RL being the negative of S11.

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Understanding Return Loss vs. Reflection Coefficient

RL and S11 are similar metrics for measuring reflected power, with RL in dB calculated as 10log(Pr/Pi) and S11 in dB calculated as 10log(Pr/Pi). While S11 is generally a complex quantity, when expressed in dB like RL, the two metrics are equal, with RL being the negative of S11.

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The difference between return loss (RL) and the reflection coefficient S11 is very minor.

RL in
dB is RL = 10 log10 ( Pi Pr ) , where Pi and Pr are the incident and reflected powers, respectively.
S11 in dB is S11 = 20log10 Er Ei = 10 log10 Er Ei = 10log10 ( Pr Pi ) , where Er and Ei are the
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reflected and incident fields, respectively. In general, S11 is a complex quantity and the
relationship between RL and S11 is hard to discern. However, your question asked about S11 in
dB, thus, from the above analysis, RL = - S11 .

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