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Nonlinear circuits modeling and analysis by the associated transform of Volterra transfer functions

Model order reduction (MOR) is one of the general techniques in the fields of computeraided design (CAD) and electronic design automation (EDA) which accelerates the flow of electronic simulations and verifications. By MOR, the original circuit, which is described by a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), can be trimmed into a much smaller reduced-order model (ROM) in terms of the number of state variables, with approximately the same input-output (I/O) characteristics. Hence, simulations using this ROM will be much more efficient and effective than using the original system.
In this thesis, a novel and fast approach of computing the projection matrices serving high-order Volterra transfer functions in the context of weakly and strongly nonlinear MOR is proposed. The innovation is to carry out an association of multivariate Laplace-domain variables in high-order multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transfer functions to generate univariate single-s transfer functions. In contrast to conventional projection-based nonlinear MOR which finds projection subspaces about every si in multivariate transfer functions, only that about a single s is required in the proposed approach. This translates into much more compact nonlinear ROMs without compromising accuracy. Different algorithms and their extensions are devised in this thesis. Extensive numerical examples are given to prove and verify the algorithms. / published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/197528
Date January 2013
CreatorsZhang, Yang, 張陽
ContributorsWong, N
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
Source SetsHong Kong University Theses
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePG_Thesis
RightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License, The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.
RelationHKU Theses Online (HKUTO)

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