A New Approach to the Computer-Aided Design of Nonlinear Networks and its Application to Microwave Parametric Frequency Dividers
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- Vol. 30 (7) , 1050-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tmtt.1982.1131196
Abstract
A new cost-effective method allowing nonlinear microwave circuits to be designed by computer is demonstrated by application to parametric frequency dividers. The method is based on frequency-domain representations of both nonlinear circuit components and network voltages and currents. A special optimization strategy determines the unknown parameters of the linear part of the circuit while estimating the need for a complete analysis of the nonlinear network at each step of the iterative process.Keywords
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