Title : 
Parallel Frequency-Domain Simulation of Hyperspectral Waveforms in Nonlinear Power Amplifiers With Memory
         
        
            Author : 
Stantchev, George ; Chernin, David ; Antonsen, Thomas, Jr. ; Levush, Baruch
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sci. Applic. Int. Corp., McLean, VA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a parallelization framework prototype for efficient physics-based computer simulation of hyperspectral time-dependent waveforms (i.e., wideband with a large number of frequency components) in nonlinear power amplifiers with memory. It relies on an adaptive algorithm for signal splitting and splicing in the time domain and uses a well-established pseudospectral multifrequency large-signal code, CHRISTINE, as its underlying simulation engine. Included in the model, and calculated from first-principles, are memory effects, such as dispersion and wave reflections. We validate our approach on a specific class of hyperspectral waveforms and study the effect of modifying a set of critical preprocessing parameters on the fidelity and the performance characteristics of the simulation.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electronic engineering computing; power amplifiers; waveform analysis; hyperspectral time-dependent waveforms; memory effects; nonlinear power amplifiers; parallel frequency-domain simulation; physics-based computer simulation; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Equations; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency modulation; Runtime; Time domain analysis; Bandlimited extrapolation; frequency-domain methods; high-power amplifiers (HPAs); memory effects; multifrequency; nonlinear; parallel processing; simulation; wideband;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TMTT.2012.2185946