Unified computation of parameter sensitivity and signal-injection sensitivity in nonlinear oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 781-790

  Maffezzoni, Paolo ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Floquet theory; Parameter sensitivity; Phase noise; Phase domain macromodeling; Radio frequency oscillators; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE NOISE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FLOQUET THEORY; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY; PHASE-DOMAIN MACROMODELING; RADIO-FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 42649136222     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2008.917596     Document Type: Article

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