Determination of floquet exponents for small-signal analysis of nonlinear periodic circuits

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

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Brambilla, Angelo ^a   Gruosso, Giambattista ^a   Gajani, Giancarlo Storti ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Floquet theory; Harmonic balance (HB); Periodic circuits; Small signal analysis

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING NETWORKS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EIGEN FUNCTIONS; FLOQUET EXPONENTS; FLOQUET THEORY; HARMONIC BALANCE (HB); LINEAR TIME-VARYING CIRCUITS; NON-LINEAR CIRCUITS; PERIODIC CIRCUITS; SMALL-SIGNAL ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE SOLUTIONS; VARIATIONAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 60749128721     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2009.2013285     Document Type: Article

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