Title :
A novel envelope simulation technique for high-frequency nonlinear circuits
Author :
Condon, M. ; Dautbegovic, E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
The paper proposes a new approach for the analysis and simulation of circuits subject to input signals with widely separated rates of variation. Such signals arise in communication circuits when an RF carrier is modulated by a low-frequency information signal. The approach involves converting the ordinary differential equation system that describes the circuit to a partial differential equation system and subsequently solving the resultant system using a multiresolution collocation approach involving a cubic spline wavelet-based decomposition.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; nonlinear network analysis; partial differential equations; splines (mathematics); wavelet transforms; RF carrier; communication circuits; cubic spline wavelet-based decomposition; envelope simulation technique; high-frequency nonlinear circuits; low-frequency information signal; multiresolution collocation; partial differential equation; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Differential equations; Nonlinear circuits; Partial differential equations; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Signal resolution; Spline;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262966