Multitone frequency-domain simulation of nonlinear circuits in large- and small-signal regimes

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 2016-2024

  De Carvalho, Nuno Borges ^a   Pedro, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; Frequency domain analysis; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear distortion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVOLUTION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; VECTORS;

MULTITONE MODULATION; NOISE POWER RATIO (NPR) TESTS; SPECTRAL BALANCE METHOD;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032298044     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.739276     Document Type: Article

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