On Limit Cycles and the Describing Function Method in Periodically Switched Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 564-572

  Sanders, Seth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DESCRIBING FUNCTION; LIMIT CYCLES; PERIODICALLY SWITCHED CIRCUITS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0027659533     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.244905     Document Type: Article

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