Spice-Oriented Frequency-Domain Analysis of Nonlinear Electronic Circuits

  • Authors:

  • Junji Kawata;Yousuke Taniguchi;Masayoshi Oda;Yoshihiro Yamagami;Yoshifumi Nishio;Akio Ushida

  • Affiliations:

  • The authors are with the Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, 769-2193 Japan. E-mail: kawata@fe.bunri-u.ac.jp, E-mai ...;The authors are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Tokushima-shi, 770-8506 Japan. E-mail: taniguchi@ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp, E ...;The authors are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Tokushima-shi, 770-8506 Japan. E-mail: taniguchi@ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp, E ...;The authors are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Tokushima-shi, 770-8506 Japan. E-mail: taniguchi@ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp, E ...;The authors are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Tokushima-shi, 770-8506 Japan. E-mail: taniguchi@ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp, E ...;The authors are with the Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, 769-2193 Japan. E-mail: kawata@fe.bunri-u.ac.jp, E-mai ...

  • Venue:
  • IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Distortion analysis of nonlinear circuits is very important for designing analog integrated circuits and communication systems. In this letter, we propose an efficient frequency-domain approach for calculating frequency response curves, which is based on HB (harmonic balance) method combining with ABMs (Analog Behavior Models) of Spice. Firstly, nonlinear devices such as bipolar transistors and MOSFETs are transformed into the HB device modules executing the Fourier transformations. Using these modules, the determining equation of the HB method is formed by the equivalent sine-cosine circuit in the schematic form or net-list. It consists of the coupled resistive circuits, so that it can be efficiently solved by the DC analysis of Spice. In our algorithm, we need not to derive any troublesome circuit equations, and any kinds of the transformations.