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Talk abstract:
Improved DC and Steady-State Circuit Simulation
Using Probability-one Continuation Methods
Michael Green, Univ. of California, Irvine
Finding the DC operating points of a nonlinear circuit is one of
the most important and difficult tasks in electrical circuit
simulation and thus has been an active area of research for many
years. In the vast majority of circuit simulations ( e.g., SPICE and
its variants) the Newton-Raphson algorithm is used.
However, this algorithm is not guaranteed to converge.
A better approach to finding the solution of a set of nonlinear
equations is the use of a continuation method. Recent work in
this field by the speaker and others has shown that proper use of a
continuation method makes possible global convergence;
that is, an operating point is guaranteed to be found.
In this talk the following research will be discussed:
- Development of an algorithm, based on a novel continuation method,
that automatically searches for multiple DC operating points of a
circuit without any intervention from the user.
- Automatic diagnosis and rectification of convergence problems using
continuation methods.
- Generalization of algorithms used for DC operating point analysis to
steady--state analysis of autonomous dynamic circuits.
This research has the potential of constructing a globally convergent
algorithm that allows the user to avoid the trivial (i.e., DC) state
and is capable of searching for multiple modes of oscillation.
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