Title :
The generalized linear complementarity problem applied to the complete analysis of resistive piecewise-linear circuits
Author :
Vandenberghe, Lieven ; Moor, Bart De ; Vandewalle, Joos
Author_Institution :
ESAT Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
Abstract :
The link between the linear complementary problem (LCP) and piecewise-linear (PWL) resistive circuits is extended by allowing a generalized form of the LCP. Using this generalized LCP (GLCP) a very broad class of circuits can be described and analyzed. The authors give an algorithm to find all solutions of this GLCP and hence of a PWL circuit. The same technique can be applied to driving-point and transfer characteristics
Keywords :
nonlinear network analysis; piecewise-linear techniques; PWL circuit; driving-point; generalized linear complementarity problem; resistive piecewise-linear circuits; transfer characteristics; Circuits; Diodes; Equations; Geometry; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Mathematics; Optimization methods; Piecewise linear techniques; Resistors;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1989., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1989.100803
