Transient analysis and sensitivity computation in piecewise-linear circuits

Author

Elcherif, Yassin ; Lin, Pen-Min

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt

Volume

38

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1525

Lastpage

1533

Abstract

Basic relations are given for transient sensitivity computation of piecewise linear (PWL) circuits modeled by ideal diodes. A method is presented for computer-aided formulation and solution of the PWL transient sensitivity analysis problem using the adjoint network approach. An iterative complementary pivot algorithm is used for solving the original network equations, while the solution of the adjoint network equations is obtained without iterating. In the original network simulation, the iterations of the algorithm have to be performed only for a small subset of the total simulation time instants

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; nonlinear network analysis; piecewise-linear techniques; sensitivity analysis; transient response; adjoint network approach; computer-aided formulation; ideal diodes; iterative complementary pivot algorithm; network equations; piecewise-linear circuits; sensitivity computation; simulation time instants; Circuit analysis computing; Computer networks; Diodes; Equations; Iterative algorithms; Piecewise linear techniques; Sensitivity analysis; Time domain analysis; Transient analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-4094

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/31.108505

Filename

108505