• DocumentCode
    3246355
  • Title

    Predicting the onset of instabilities in frequency multipliers

  • Author

    Basu, Sreetama ; Maas, S.A. ; Itoh, Takayuki

  • Author_Institution
    California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    16-20 May 1995
  • Firstpage
    1511
  • Abstract
    Microwave multipliers are notoriously unstable with input power, bias and load variations. In this paper, we predict the onset of a chaotic type of instability using the Hopf bifurcation concept as the input power level is increased. The measurement and the predicted theoretical results are in agreement to within 1.5 dB.<>
  • Keywords
    bifurcation; chaos; circuit stability; frequency multipliers; microwave frequency convertors; nonlinear network analysis; Hopf bifurcation; chaotic type; frequency multipliers; input power level; instability onset; microwave multipliers; Bifurcation; Chaos; Circuit stability; Diodes; Frequency; Harmonic analysis; Jacobian matrices; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Stability analysis;
  • 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.1995.406261
  • Filename
    406261