Application of Volterra series to the problem of self-oscillating mixer

Author

Chew, Siou Teck ; Itoh, Tatsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

274

Abstract

A new approach to the nonlinear problem of self-oscillating mixer has been investigated using Volterra series. The circuit under consideration is first converted into a one-port network. The input and coupling impedances of various ports are represented by Volterra kernels generated by nonlinear current method. Advantage of this approach is that the phase relationships among signals are not required for the analysis. Also, no stability criterion testing is needed to ensure convergence to the correct solution numerically. It is computationally efficient and mathematically simple, yet reasonably accurate. Measured results with respect to RF frequency and power show good agreement with that calculated

Keywords

Volterra series; circuit analysis computing; microwave circuits; microwave mixers; nonlinear network analysis; RF frequency; Volterra series; computational efficiency; coupling impedances; nonlinear current method; nonlinear problem; one-port network; phase relationships; self-oscillating mixer; Circuit stability; Circuit testing; Convergence of numerical methods; Coupling circuits; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Kernel; Power measurement; Signal analysis; Stability criteria;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.481576

Filename

481576