DocumentCode
1159286
Title
Diode Network Minimization
Author
Kain, Richard Y.
Volume
11
Issue
3
fYear
1964
fDate
9/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
341
Lastpage
350
Abstract
This paper discusses conditions which are necessary and sufficient if a 
-segment piecewise-linear driving-point characteristic is to be realizable by a resistive network (which may include negative resistances and dependent sources) and 
ideal diodes. Additional conditions are then found which are necessary, but not sufficient, for the realization as a network containing only positive resistors, fixed sources, and ideal diodes. These additional conditions reduce the diode minimization problem to the problem of the synthesis of a passive, symmetric conductance matrix.
-segment piecewise-linear driving-point characteristic is to be realizable by a resistive network (which may include negative resistances and dependent sources) and ideal diodes. Additional conditions are then found which are necessary, but not sufficient, for the realization as a network containing only positive resistors, fixed sources, and ideal diodes. These additional conditions reduce the diode minimization problem to the problem of the synthesis of a passive, symmetric conductance matrix.Keywords
Band pass filters; Cables; Circuit synthesis; Circuit theory; Design methodology; Digital filters; Diodes; Filtering theory; Minimization; Network synthesis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Circuit Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9324
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCT.1964.1082316
Filename
1082316
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