Low-Frequency Noise in Nonlinear Systems

M. Rudolph^a, F. Bonani^b

^a Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Strasse 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany
^b Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

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IEEE Microwave Mag., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 84-92 (2009).
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Abstract:
Excess noise degrades circuit performance in linear and nonlinear operation. The linear case, obviously, is much easier to analyze, understand, and model. Things get much more involved when nonlinear operation is involved. An analytical investigation is usually not feasible, thus it is necessary to resort to numerical circuit simulation.

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