Applying Globally Convergent Techniques to Conventional DC Operating Point Analyses

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Thirty-Second Annual Simulation Symposium
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Thirty-Second Annual Simulation Symposium

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	Ecevit Yilmaz, Michael M. Green, "Applying Globally Convergent Techniques to Conventional DC Operating Point Analyses," Simulation Symposium, Annual, pp. 153, Thirty-Second Annual Simulation Symposium, 1999.

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	@article{ 10.1109/SIMSYM.1999.766467, author = {Ecevit Yilmaz and Michael M. Green}, title = {Applying Globally Convergent Techniques to Conventional DC Operating Point Analyses}, journal ={Simulation Symposium, Annual}, volume = {0}, year = {1999}, issn = {1080-241X}, pages = {153}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1999.766467}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Simulation Symposium, Annual TI - Applying Globally Convergent Techniques to Conventional DC Operating Point Analyses SN - 1080-241X SP EP A1 - Ecevit Yilmaz, A1 - Michael M. Green, PY - 1999 KW - Circuit simulation KW - Nonlinear circuits VL - 0 JA - Simulation Symposium, Annual ER -

Ecevit Yilmaz, University of California at Irvine

Michael M. Green, University of California at Irvine

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/SIMSYM.1999.766467

The application of continuation methods to circuit simulation is discussed. Although many commercial circuit simulators use continuation methods, they are not globally convergent --- that is, it is not guaranteed that a dc solution to the circuit will be found. Two continuation methods, "Gmin-stepping" and "source-stepping", that are used in most circuit simulation programs are discussed and it is shown why they sometimes fail. Simple changes to these algorithms are proposed and it is demonstrated that these changes significantly improve convergence of the continuation algorithms.

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Circuit simulation, Nonlinear circuits

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Ecevit Yilmaz, Michael M. Green, "Applying Globally Convergent Techniques to Conventional DC Operating Point Analyses," ss, pp.153, Thirty-Second Annual Simulation Symposium, 1999

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