Title :
Second- and third-order sensitivities of microwave circuits
Author :
Redon, T. ; Vasilescu, G.
Author_Institution :
IRCOM, Limoges Univ., France
fDate :
4/27/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors consider the computation of the second- and third-order sensitivities of microwave circuits, which opens the field to optimisation via Newton´s method. Definitions of higher-order relative sensitivities are introduced, together with a criterion to select ´hot´ sensitivities.
Keywords :
microwave circuits; network analysis; network parameters; sensitivity analysis; Newton´s method; adjoint networks; higher-order relative sensitivities; microwave circuits; optimisation; second-order sensitivities; third-order sensitivities;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890413
