@article{10902/13511,
year = {2017},
month = {11},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13511},
abstract = {A new methodology is presented for the efficient harmonic-balance simulation of injection-locked oscillators with complex multivalued and disconnected curves. It is illustrated through its application to high-order subharmonically injection-locked oscillators. A graphical technique is applied to analyze the oscillator-phase sensitivity with respect to the input signal, required for the injection-locked operation. The intricate synchronized-solution curves are obtained with the new method, which enables a global exploration of all the coexistent periodic solutions. These solutions can belong to different curve sections, in a multivalued response, or to disconnected synchronization curves. The method is based on the calculation of a series of phase-dependent outer-tier admittance functions, which provide the oscillator response to the injection signal. Coexistent solutions are simultaneously obtained through a contour-plot intersection, without the need for continuation techniques. The method is illustrated through application to an oscillator synchronized to low-frequency sinusoidal signal by means of a nonlinear-transmission line. The analysis and design techniques have been successfully validated through comparison with independent simulations and measurements.},
organization = {This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the research project
TEC2014-60283-C3-1-R, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER) and Juan de la Cierva Research Program IJCI-2014-19141 and by the Parliament of Cantabria under the project Cantabria Explora 12.JP02.64069.},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
publisher = {IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2017, 65(11), 4046-4062},
title = {Simulation method for complex multivalued curves in injection-locked oscillators},
author = {Hernández Rodríguez, Silvia and Pontón Lobete, María Isabel and Suárez Rodríguez, Almudena},
}