• DocumentCode
    1844842
  • Title

    Simulation of RF circuits driven by modulated signals without bandwidth constraints

  • Author

    Pedro, J.C. ; Carvalho, N.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2-7 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    2173
  • Abstract
    A new nonlinear analysis technique of RF circuits subject to modulated signals is discussed. As the envelope and carrier are uncorrelated, the circuit is modeled by a multi-rate partial differential equation. The carrier response is then simulated with harmonic-balance for each envelope time-step, without imposing any restrictions to signal bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    circuit simulation; nonlinear network analysis; partial differential equations; RF circuit; harmonic balance simulation; modulated signal; multi-rate partial differential equation; nonlinear analysis; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Differential equations; Microwave circuits; Partial differential equations; RF signals; Radio frequency; Telecommunications; Time domain analysis; VHF circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7239-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1012302
  • Filename
    1012302