Title :
Sufficient conditions for finding multiple operating points of DC circuits using continuation methods
Author :
Green, Michael M. ; Melville, Robert C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
fDate :
30 Apr-3 May 1995
Abstract :
A sufficient condition is given for which a continuation method is guaranteed to find at least three operating points possessed by a multistable circuit. A practical realization of this condition in a homotopy using passive components is also given and demonstrated in circuit examples
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; circuit stability; nonlinear network analysis; semiconductor device models; DC circuits; circuit simulation; continuation methods; homotopy; multiple operating points; multistable circuit; nonlinear circuits; passive components; Algorithm design and analysis; Bifurcation; Circuit simulation; Iterative algorithms; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear equations; Resistors; SPICE; Sufficient conditions; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1995. ISCAS '95., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2570-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1995.521465
