Analysis of microwave frequency dividers in harmonic-balance simulators

Author

Anakabe, A. ; Collantes, J.M. ; Suarez, A. ; Jugo, J. ; Portilla, J.

Author_Institution

Electricity & Electron. Dept., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1575

Abstract

Standard harmonic-balance algorithms are not able to simulate frequency divided steady states. In this work, a complementary technique for analyzing frequency division in commercial harmonic-balance simulators is presented. The technique is based on a continuation method that allows the direct tracing of frequency division bifurcation diagrams. It has been applied here to a simple frequency divider, based on a long-lifetime varactor diode. The bifurcation diagram up to the order 8 has been obtained from a single execution of the harmonic-balance simulator

Keywords

bifurcation; circuit simulation; frequency dividers; harmonic analysis; microwave frequency convertors; bifurcation diagram; continuation method; frequency divided steady states; frequency division; frequency division bifurcation diagram tracing; harmonic-balance algorithms; harmonic-balance simulators; microwave frequency dividers; varactor diode; Analytical models; Bifurcation; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Microwave circuits; Steady-state; Varactors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7057-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2001.957517

Filename

957517