Efficient algorithm for steady-state stability analysis of large analog/RF circuits

Author

Bolcato, P. ; Nallatamby, J.C. ; Rumolo, C. ; Larcheveque, R. ; Prigent, M. ; Obregon, J.

Author_Institution

ANACAD/MGC, Meylan, France

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

451

Abstract

This paper presents a method for the investigation of AC and large signal steady-state stability of electrical (analog/RF) circuits. In both cases stability/instability are detected through fast calculation and analysis of circuit poles. Thanks to iterative algorithms (Krylov-subspace methods) applied to modified nodal formulation of conversion matrices, a selection of poles is computed, allowing the method to be applied to large size circuits of any type of topology.

Keywords

UHF circuits; analogue circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit stability; iterative methods; linear network analysis; nonlinear network analysis; poles and zeros; AC stability; Krylov-Subspace methods; circuit poles; conversion matrices; instability detection; iterative algorithms; large RF circuits; large analog circuits; large signal steady-state stability; modified nodal formulation; steady-state stability analysis; Circuit analysis; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit simulation; Circuit stability; Circuit topology; Computational modeling; Equations; Radio frequency; Stability analysis; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6538-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2001.966928

Filename

966928