Optimal frequency sweep method in multi-rate circuit simulation

DOI10.1108/COMPEL-11-2012-0346MaRDI QIDQ2970719zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kai Bittner, Hans Georg Brachtendorf

Publication date 30 March 2017

Published in COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07194

zbMATH Keywords

circuit analysisGalerkin methodmathematical methodsnon-linearnumerical simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Analytic circuit theory (94C05)

Abstract: Purpose -- RF circuits often possess a multi-rate behavior. Slow changing baseband signals and fast oscillating carrier signals often occur in the same circuit. Frequency modulated signals pose a particular challenge. Design/methodology/approach -- The ordinary circuit differential equations (ODEs) are first rewritten by a system of (multi-rate) partial differential equations (MPDEs) in order to decouple the different time scales. For an efficient simulation we need an optimal choice of a frequency dependent parameter. This is achieved by an additional smoothness condition. Finding -- By incorporating the smoothness condition into the discretization, we obtain a nonlinear system of equations complemented by a minimization constraint. This problem is solved by a modified Newton method, which needs only little extra computational effort. The method is tested on a Phase Locked Loop with a frequency modulated input signal. Originality/value -- A new optimal frequency sweep method was introduced, which will permit a very efficient simulation of multi-rate circuits.

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