Perturbation analysis of nonlinear distortion in analog integrated circuits

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1620-1631

  Buonomo, Antonio ^a   Schiavo, Alessandro Lo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; Nonlinear analysis; Nonlinear distortion; Perturbation methods; Volterra series; Weakly nonlinear circuits

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIALS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION METHODS; VOLTERRA SERIES; WEAKLY NONLINEAR CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 26444518183     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.851695     Document Type: Article

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