Prerequisites & Notation

Before You Begin

This chapter builds directly on Chapter 15 (Matplotlib fundamentals). You should be comfortable with the OO API, subplots, and basic formatting before proceeding.

  • Matplotlib OO API, subplots, and savefig (Chapter 15)(Review ch15)

    Self-check: Can you create a multi-panel figure with GridSpec and save it as PDF?

  • NumPy arrays and broadcasting (Chapter 5)(Review ch05)

    Self-check: Can you generate 2D meshgrids and evaluate functions on them?

  • Basic statistics: distributions, CDF, boxplots(Review ch09)

    Self-check: Do you know the difference between a box plot and a violin plot?

Notation for This Chapter

Symbols and conventions used in this chapter.

SymbolMeaningIntroduced
Γ\GammaReflection coefficient (Smith chart)s04
ZLZ_LLoad impedance (Smith chart)s04
Z0Z_0Characteristic impedance (typically 50 ohm)s04
KDEKDEKernel Density Estimations01
ISIISIInter-Symbol Interference (eye diagram)s04
← Ch 15Seaborn for Statistical Plots