Title :
Accelerated simulation of complex waveforms in nonlinear amplifiers with memory
Author :
Stantchev, George ; Chernin, David ; Antonsen, Thomas, Jr. ; Levush, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Sci. Applic. Int. Corp., McLean, VA, USA
Abstract :
We present a framework for efficient, physics-based computer simulation of complex time-dependent waveforms (i.e. wide-band, with large number of frequency components) in nonlinear amplifiers with memory. It is built upon a well established pseudo-spectral, multi-frequency, large-signal code and relies on an adaptive algorithm for signal splitting and splicing in the time domain. Included in the model, and calculated from first-principles, are memory effects, such as dispersion and wave reflections. We validate our approach on such complex waveforms by operating the simulation kernel in the large-signal, nonlinear regime and comparing against the output of the benchmarked serial version.
Keywords :
amplifiers; nonlinear network analysis; time-domain analysis; waveform analysis; benchmarked serial version; complex time-dependent waveforms; complex waveforms; dispersion; large-signal code; memory effects; multifrequency code; nonlinear amplifiers; physics-based computer simulation; pseudo-spectral code; signal splitting; time domain analysis; wave reflections; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Parallel processing; Program processors; Runtime; Signal resolution; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-754-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972918