Title :
A MAPLE-based homotopic circuit simulation package
Author :
Sarmiento-Reyes, Arturo ; Murphy-Arteaga, Roberto S. ; Vázquez-Leal, Hétor
Author_Institution :
Electron. Res. Lab., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
This work presents HomotopyDC, a package that carries out the DC analysis of a circuit by using homotopy methods, i.e. methods that are able to find more than one DC solution. The capabilities of MAPLE have been used to their full extent in order to formulate the equilibrium equation of the circuit in a fully symbolic form, which is then used to formulate the homotopic equation. Not only are the DC solutions calculated, but also their stability is assessed. Several homotopy schemes have been implemented within the package
Keywords :
circuit simulation; circuit stability; software tools; DC circuit analysis; DC solution stability; HomotopyDC package; MAPLE; MAPLE-based homotopic circuit simulation package; circuit analysis; circuit equilibrium equation; homotopic equation; homotopy methods; homotopy schemes; multiple DC solution methods; symbolic form; Astrophysics; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit stability; Electronics packaging; Equations; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear optics; SPICE; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. MWSCAS 2001. Proceedings of the 44th IEEE 2001 Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7150-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2001.986108
