Improved small-signal analysis for circuits working in periodic steady state

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Brambilla, Angelo ^a   Gruosso, Giambattista ^a   Redaelli, Massimo A ^a   Gajani, Giancarlo Storti ^a   Caviglia, Daniele D ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous circuits; Block circulant matrices; Periodic small signal analysis; Phase noise; Shooting method; Variational model (VM)

Indexed keywords

PHASE NOISE; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AUTONOMOUS CIRCUIT; BLOCK-CIRCULANT MATRICES; PERIODIC SMALL SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SHOOTING METHODS; VARIATIONAL MODELING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 76849086627     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2019403     Document Type: Article

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