Sensitivity analysis for oscillators

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

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1521-1534

  Vytyaz, Igor ^a,b,c   Lee, David C ^a,c   Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar ^a,b   Moon, Un Ku ^a,b   Mayaram, Kartikeya ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b 1148 Kelley Engineering Center Corvallis   (United States)

^c Berkeley Design Automation   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Design optimization; Oscillator analysis; Oscillator design; Oscillators; Periodic steady state; Perturbation projection vector; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROCESS DESIGN;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATOR ANALYSIS; OSCILLATOR DESIGN; OSCILLATORS; PERIODIC STEADY STATE; PERTURBATION PROJECTION VECTOR;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50549097178     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2008.927731     Document Type: Article

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