A theory for exact sensitivity analysis of nonlinear circuits based on harmonic balance simulation is derived. A framework unifying many existing concepts of frequency-domain simulation and sensitivity analysis of linear and nonlinear circuits is established. The proposed sensitivity analysis approach is verified by a MESFET mixer example exhibiting a 98% saving of CPU time over the prevailing perturbation method.<
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Microwave Symposium Digest, 1988., IEEE MTT-S International
Date of Conference: 25-27 May 1988