Title :
Parallel processing application to nonlinear microwave network design
Author :
Sobhy, M.I. ; El-Sawy, Y.A.R.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Lab., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
fDate :
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the application of parallel processing to the computer-aided design (CAD) of nonlinear microwave circuits. The advantage of parallel processing is the significant reduction in computational time it offers, so that optimization becomes feasible even on a desktop computer. The programs developed run on an AT desktop with one transputer board capable of concurrent processing speeds of over 80 MIPS at a processor speed of 20 MHz. A representation of microwave and nonlinear circuits is developed to provide the required parallelism. Applications to the analysis of nonlinear amplifiers and frequency multipliers are described
Keywords :
circuit CAD; microcomputer applications; microwave circuits; nonlinear network synthesis; parallel algorithms; transputers; 20 MHz; 80 MIPS; CAD; IBM AT desktop machine; PC; computational time-reduction; computer-aided design; concurrent processing speeds; desktop computer; frequency multipliers; nonlinear amplifiers; nonlinear microwave network design; optimization; parallel algorithm; parallel processing; transputer board; Application software; Circuit simulation; Concurrent computing; Design automation; Hardware; Microwave circuits; Microwave theory and techniques; Parallel processing; Resistors; Transmission line matrix methods;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
