DocumentCode
2412550
Title
Symbolic analysis of nonlinear analog circuits
Author
Manthe, Alicia ; Li, Zhao ; Shi, C. -J Richard ; Mayaram, Kartikeya
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
2003
Firstpage
1108
Lastpage
1109
Abstract
A new method is presented to model symbolically strongly nonlinear circuits, characterized by Piece-Wise Linear (PWL) functions. The method follows the idea of Bokhoven and Leenaerts, and formulates the problem as a linear complementarity problem (LCP). A new graph representation, called complementarity decision diagram, is introduced to represent the explicit LCP solutions. Orders of magnitude improvements in computational efficiency and memory usage have been obtained.
Keywords
analogue integrated circuits; graph theory; integrated circuit modelling; nonlinear network analysis; piecewise linear techniques; system-on-chip; PWL functions; computational efficiency; graph representation; linear complementarity problem; memory usage; nonlinear analog circuits; symbolic analysis; Analog circuits; Hardware design languages; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear circuits; Piecewise linear techniques; Power harmonic filters; Radio frequency; Signal processing algorithms; Switching circuits; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2003
ISSN
1530-1591
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1870-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DATE.2003.1253757
Filename
1253757
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