Harmonic-balance algorithms for the circuit-level nonlinear analysis of UWB receivers in the presence of interfering signals

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

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-527

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Mastri, Franco ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harmonic balance (HB); Interference; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear circuits; Ultrawideband (UWB) systems

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DISTORTION (WAVES); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; RADIO RECEIVERS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; HARMONIC BALANCE (HB); HARMONIC-BALANCE TECHNIQUES; INTERFERENCE; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; INTERFERING SIGNALS; KRYLOV SUBSPACES; MATRIX-VECTOR MULTIPLICATIONS; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCIES; RECEIVER FRONT ENDS; RECEIVER SENSITIVITIES; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SIMULATION TOOLS; SYSTEM-LEVEL APPROACHES; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) SYSTEMS; UWB RECEIVERS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 62949154030     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2009.2014004     Document Type: Article

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