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Sensitivity analysis for oscillators

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This paper presents an analysis for calculating sensitivities of an oscillator's periodic steady-state and perturbation projection vector to design, process, or environmental parameters. A general continuous-time formulation is described. Applications of the oscillator sensitivity analysis in design optimization and macromodeling are demonstrated through examples.

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ICCAD '07: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
November 2007
933 pages
ISBN:1424413826
  • General Chair:
  • Georges Gielen

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