Direct-synthesis design technique for nonlinear microwave circuits

Author

Colantonio, Paolo ; Giannini, Franco ; Leuzzi, Giorgio ; Limiti, Ernesto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy

Volume

43

Issue

12

fYear

1995

fDate

12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2851

Lastpage

2855

Abstract

A novel design technique for the direct synthesis of large-signal microwave circuits is presented. It is based on an equivalent linear representation of the nonlinear circuit directly derived from an exact nonlinear analysis method, e.g., of the harmonic balance type. Linear, direct synthesis methods are then applied to this equivalent network. The drawbacks of nonlinear optimization are so avoided, while keeping the advantages of exact nonlinear analysis and accurate nonlinear models

Keywords

circuit CAD; equivalent circuits; microwave circuits; microwave frequency convertors; microwave power amplifiers; nonlinear network synthesis; PC computer program; class-AB power amplifier; direct-synthesis design technique; equivalent linear representation; equivalent network; exact nonlinear analysis method; frequency doubler; harmonic balance analysis; large-signal microwave circuits; nonlinear microwave circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Harmonic analysis; Microwave circuits; Microwave theory and techniques; Nonlinear circuits; Power system modeling; Time domain analysis; Vectors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.475645

Filename

475645