Transmission-line modeling and sensitivity evaluation for lumped network simulation and design in the time domain (Q1241427)

Contains: 1. Introduction. - 2. Transmission-Line Modeling. - 3. Compensation of Errors. - 4. Sensitivity Evaluation. - 5. Sensitivities with respect to Time and Propagation Time. - 6. Conclusions. An approach for time-domain analysis and design of lumped networks is considered. The lumped elements are modeled by transmission-line sections or stubs and the modeled network is analysed by the transmission-line matrix method, which provides an exact solution (exact with respect to the model). Compensation of errors arising in modeling the network elements and sensitivities with respect to de-sign variables and with respect to time are discussed.