Systematic development of nonlinear analog circuit macromodels through successive operator composition and nonlinear model decoupling

摘要

This paper presents a systematic methodology for developing structural nonlinear macromodels for analog circuits. The methodology includes two steps: first, a nonlinear system is represented as a system with nonlinear inputs and linearly coupled blocks. Then, the linear couplings are removed. The methodology also uses a novel description of circuit nonlinearities as a successive composition of three operators. The generated nonlinear models are scalable, tunable according to the required accuracy, and offer insight into the circuit operation.