Integrated harmonic balance and electromagnetic optimization with geometry capture

Author

Bandler, John W. ; Biernacki, R.M. ; Cai, Q. ; Chen, S.H. ; Grobelny, P.A.

Author_Institution

Optimization Syst. Associates Inc., Dundas, Ont., Canada

fYear

1995

fDate

16-20 May 1995

Firstpage

793

Abstract

This paper presents an integrated approach to nonlinear circuit optimization. Electromagnetic simulations are seamlessly integrated into harmonic balance simulation and optimization. For the first time, complicated planar structures can be made fully optimizable through the parameterization process of this geometry capture technique. They are then treated as individual elements in electromagnetic simulations and are embedded into the overall nonlinear circuit to be optimized. A comprehensive class B frequency doubler design demonstrates our approach.<>

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; circuit optimisation; microstrip circuits; microwave circuits; nonlinear network analysis; nonlinear network synthesis; electromagnetic optimization; electromagnetic simulations; geometry capture; harmonic balance; integrated approach; nonlinear circuit optimization; planar structures; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Councils; Design optimization; Frequency; Geometry; Microstrip; Nonlinear circuits; Transmission line matrix methods; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2581-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1995.405988

Filename

405988