• DocumentCode
    1457693
  • Title

    Harmonic balance and frequency-domain simulation of nonlinear microwave circuits using the block Newton method

  • Author

    Chang, Chao-Ren ; Heron, Patrick L. ; Steer, Michael B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Lastpage
    434
  • Abstract
    An efficient algorithm using block Newton and chord methods for the iterative minimization of the spectral balance error in the analysis of nonlinear microwave circuits is presented. The algorithm is then used in the harmonic balance and frequency-domain spectral balance simulation of a MESFET amplifier with single-tone and two-tone excitation
  • Keywords
    frequency-domain analysis; iterative methods; microwave amplifiers; microwave circuits; nonlinear network analysis; solid-state microwave circuits; MESFET amplifier; block Newton method; chord methods; frequency-domain simulation; harmonic balance; iterative minimization; nonlinear microwave circuits; single-tone excitation; spectral balance error; two-tone excitation; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit simulation; Error analysis; Frequency domain analysis; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; MESFETs; Microwave circuits; Microwave theory and techniques; Minimization methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/22.52586
  • Filename
    52586