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Conversion matrix extraction by commercial CAD software for the stability design of autonomous circuits
Author(s) -
Pantoli Leonardo,
Leuzzi Giorgio,
Di Paolo Franco
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.20435
Subject(s) - spurious relationship , harmonic balance , subharmonic , cad , electronic engineering , microwave , matrix (chemical analysis) , signal (programming language) , electronic circuit , harmonic , stability (learning theory) , computer science , nonlinear system , engineering , electrical engineering , control theory (sociology) , physics , telecommunications , acoustics , control (management) , materials science , engineering drawing , quantum mechanics , composite material , programming language , artificial intelligence , machine learning
In this article a method to extract the conversion matrix of a nonlinear circuit by commercial CAD simulators is proposed. As an example, the conversion matrix, computed from a harmonic balance simulation, is used to control the stability of oscillators under large‐signal conditions. This allows the suppression of possible spurious frequencies or the intentional generation of spurious signals (e.g. at subharmonic frequency). © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2010.