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maniana Post subject: Harmonic Balance simulation Unread postPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:55 am Offline Lieutenant
Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:47 am Posts: 1 Hi, I need to sumulate a mixer (Gilbert cell). When I run Harmonic Balance simulation everything is ok if I put different LO and RF frequencies. In my design I use LO=RF and I am interested in the DC component / performance of the mixer. The problem is that when LO=RF the simulator returns some rubbish results or nothing at all. I tried that on Agilent ADS and Microwave Office. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Is it some kind of limitation of the Harmonic Balance Simulation? How to overcome this problem?
Thanks, Przemek
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Guest Post subject: Unread postPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:48 am
Assuming that tthe model you are using is OK ( non linear model), then you can try and increase the number of harmonics of the simulator, although this may not help since the expected output should be a DC signal with perhaps leakage tones from the RF and LO ports. Is the simulator giving you a convergence error?
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