Title : 
Direct method for evaluating scattering-matrix sensitivities
         
        
            Author : 
Bandler, John W. ; Seviora, R.E.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
McMaster University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Hamilton, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A method is presented for evaluating first- and second-order sensitivities of, in general, a nonreciprocal network described by a scattering matrix. It avoids the analysis of an adjoint network, using only the results of an analysis of the given network.
         
        
            Keywords : 
matrix algebra; sensitivity analysis;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19700535