Title :
Synthesizing arbitrary driving-point and transfer characteristics
Author :
Chua, Leon O. ; Wu, Chai Wah ; Zhong, Guo-Qun ; Liu, Luis Franscisco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The property of any two-terminal resistive device is characterized by its driving-point (DP) characteristic, and any two-port resistive device with zero input current and a load-independent output voltage is described by its transfer characteristic (TC). Synthesizing a two-port device with a prescribed transfer characteristic is usually easier than synthesizing a two-terminal device with a prescribed driving-point characteristic. In this paper we propose an approach to synthesize a driving-point characteristic of a two-terminal device from the transfer characteristic of a two-port device, so that the resulting DP plot of the two-terminal device is exactly the same as the TC plot of the two-port device. We also illustrate the use of digital circuitry to synthesize arbitrary transfer characteristics. This technique will benefit the design and analysis of complex nonlinear electronic circuits and systems. A variety of characteristics synthesized using this approach are presented
Keywords :
multiterminal networks; nonlinear network synthesis; transfer functions; two-port networks; digital circuitry; driving-point characteristic; load-independent output voltage; nonlinear electronic circuits; one-port devices; transfer characteristic; two-port resistive device; two-terminal resistive device; zero input current; Books; Circuit synthesis; Circuits and systems; Electronic circuits; Laboratories; Network synthesis; Nonlinear circuits; Resistors; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
