Title : 
Sensitivity analysis for oscillators
         
        
            Author : 
Vytyaz, Igor ; Lee, David C. ; Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar ; Moon, Un-Ku ; Mayaram, Kartikeya
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents an analysis for calculating sensitivities of an oscillator´s periodic steady-state and perturbation projection vector to design, process, or environmental parameters. A general continuous-time formulation is described. Applications of the oscillator sensitivity analysis in design optimization and macromodeling are demonstrated through examples.
         
        
            Keywords : 
oscillators; sensitivity analysis; continuous-time formulation; oscillator periodic steady-state; perturbation projection vector; sensitivity analysis; Circuit noise; Clocks; Design optimization; Digital systems; Process design; Radio frequency; Ring oscillators; Sensitivity analysis; Steady-state; Working environment noise;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Computer-Aided Design, 2007. ICCAD 2007. IEEE/ACM International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1381-2
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1092-3152
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICCAD.2007.4397307