Stability Analysis for Large Signal Design of a Microwave Frequency Doubler

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 2890-2898

  Basu, Saswata ^a   Maas, Stephen A ^b   Itoh, Tatsuo ^c  

^a Cascade Microtech Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nonlinear Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CALCULATIONS; CHAOS THEORY; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; STABILITY; VARACTORS;

CHAOTIC INSTABILITY; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY DOUBLER; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME; PIECEWISE STABILITY ANALYSIS; SECONDARY HOPF BIFURCATIONS;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029505737     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.475651     Document Type: Article

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