Simulation of arbitrary transmission line networks with nonlinear terminations

Author

Winklestein, Dan ; Steer, Michael B. ; Pomerleau, Real

Author_Institution

Bell Northern Res., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

422

Abstract

The transient response of a high-speed digital circuit is determined by the interaction of a lossy distributed transmission line network and lumped nonlinear circuits. A robust and accurate method for the analysis of such a system is reported, and its implementation in an analog circuit simulator is discussed. The method uses a convolution technique and a time-domain impulse response to perform a transient simulation of a transmission line network. The time-domain impulse response is derived using a Fourier transform of modified frequency-domain scattering parameters. Implementation of the technique is verified by comparison with measured results

Keywords

digital simulation; frequency-domain analysis; nonlinear network analysis; transient response; transmission line theory; Fourier transform; analog circuit simulator; convolution technique; high-speed digital circuit; lumped nonlinear circuits; modified frequency-domain scattering parameters; nonlinear terminations; time-domain impulse response; transient response; transient simulation; transmission line networks; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Digital circuits; Distributed parameter circuits; Nonlinear circuits; Propagation losses; Robustness; Time domain analysis; Transient response; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-4094

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/31.75398

Filename

75398