Title :
A general program for steady state, stability, and FM noise analysis of microwave oscillators
Author :
Paillot, J.M. ; Nallatamby, J.C. ; Hessane, M. ; Quere, R. ; Prigent, M. ; Rousset, J.
Author_Institution :
LEP-3, Limeil-Brevannes, France
Abstract :
Two novel algorithms are presented for nonlinear autonomous circuit CAD. In the first, a symbolic simulator is used to calculated the possible oscillation frequencies of the circuit, and the high-level behavior of the oscillator is determined by the harmonic balance method extended to autonomous circuits. The second algorithm is based on the conversion matrix method, which allows simulation of nonlinear microwave oscillator phase and amplitude noise spectra with linear and nonlinear correlated noise sources.<>
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; electron device noise; frequency stability; microwave oscillators; nonlinear network analysis; solid-state microwave circuits; FM noise analysis; amplitude noise spectra; autonomous circuits; conversion matrix method; general program; harmonic balance method; high-level behavior; linear correlated noise sources; microwave oscillators; nonlinear autonomous circuit CAD; nonlinear correlated noise sources; nonlinear microwave oscillator; oscillation frequencies; phase noise spectra; stability analysis; steady state analysis; symbolic simulator; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Frequency estimation; Jacobian matrices; Microwave oscillators; Noise level; Phase noise; Stability analysis; Steady-state; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1990., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1990.99814
