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Method for designing an electronic circuit

OwnerChristoph Brombergerinventor

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Abstract

An electronic circuit and method for designing an electronic circuit is provided that includes a first source element, a second source element, a first matching network, and a second matching network. The first matching network and the second matching network are designed by means of a method using the Poincaré distance, in which the second source element is designed to output a signal with a center frequency, in which the load has a load impedance, in which the second matching network has line-like series elements that carry the signal. The line-like series elements only have line impedances less than the load impedance or a sum of the electrical lengths of the line-like series elements, each of which has a line impedance greater than the load impedance, is less than one quarter of a wavelength associated with the signal.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method for designing an electronic circuit, the method comprising:

providing the circuit with a first matching network with a first connection and a second connection;
connecting a load of the circuit to the first connection, wherein a first load reflection factor that depends on the load is achieved at the first connection;
connecting a source element of the circuit with a first source reflection factor to the second connection, wherein a transformed first load reflection factor into the second connection and a transformed first source reflection factor into the first connection are achieved via the first matching network;
determining for each first distance from among a number of first distances a first circle as a set of all points at a first distance from a complex conjugate of the first load reflection factor by:
P
⁡
(
y
,
a
on
*
)
=
arc
⁢
⁢
tanh
⁡
(

y
-
a
on
*


1
-
y
*
⁢
a
on
*

)
≡
P
R
,
wherein y is a point on the first circle, y* is the complex conjugate of the point on the first circle, aon* is the complex conjugate of the first load reflection factor, and PR is the first distance;
determining a second circle as the set of all points at a first distance from the complex conjugate of the first source reflection factor by:
P
⁡
(
x
,
b
on
*
)
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

x
-
b
on
*


1
-
x
*
⁢
b
on
*

)
≡
P
R
,
wherein x is a point on the second circle, x* is the complex conjugate of the point on the second circle, bon* is the complex conjugate of the first source reflection factor, and PR is the first distance;
determining a number of first point pairs, wherein a first pair point of each point pair is on the first circle, and wherein a second pair point of each point pair is on the second circle;
determining a value of a first parameter for each first point pair with the first pair point equal to a value of the transformed first source reflection factor and with the second pair point equal to a value of the transformed first load reflection factor;
determining an optimum of the first parameter from all values of the first parameter that are associated with the first point pairs;
determining a first value pair from among the first point pairs, wherein the optimum is associated with the first value pair;
setting a first value of the transformed first source reflection factor equal to a first value point of the first value pair;
setting a second value of the transformed first load reflection factor equal to a second value point of the first value pair;
and
determining the first matching network using the first value of the transformed first source reflection factor, the second value of the transformed first load reflection factor, the first source reflection factor, and the first load reflection factor.

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A method for designing an electronic circuit, the method comprising:

providing a second matching network with a third connection and a fourth connection;
connecting to the third connection, a variable load with a first operating state and a second operating state, wherein a second load reflection factor at the third connection is achieved in the second operating state and a third load reflection factor is achieved in the first operating state, and wherein a transformed second load reflection factor into the fourth connection in the second operating state and a transformed third load reflection factor in the first operating state are achieved via the second matching network;
determining a third distance between the transformed second load reflection factor and the transformed third load reflection factor by:
P
3
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

c
off
′
-
c
on
′


1
-
c
off
′
*
⁢
c
on
′

)
,
wherein con′ is the transformed second load reflection factor, coff′ is the transformed third load reflection factor, coff′ is the complex conjugate of the transformed third load reflection factor, and P3 is the third distance;
determining a third circle as the set of all points at the third distance from the second load reflection factor by:
P
⁡
(
z
,
c
on
)
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

z
-
c
on


1
-
z
*
⁢
c
on

)
≡
P
3
,
wherein z is a point on the third circle, z* is the complex conjugate of the point on the third circle, con is the second load reflection factor, con* is the complex conjugate of the second load reflection factor, and P3 is the third distance;
determining a number of second point pairs, wherein a second pair point of each second point pair is a point on the third circle;
determining a value of a second parameter for each second point pair, wherein a value of the third load reflection factor is equal to the second pair point, and wherein a value of the second load reflection factor is equal to the first pair point;
determining an optimum of the second parameter from all values of the second parameter that are associated with the second point pairs;
determining a second point pair associated with the optimum;
setting the third value of the third load reflection factor equal to a second pair point associated with the optimum of the second point pair associated with the optimum;
setting the fourth value of the second load reflection factor equal to a first pair point associated with the optimum of the second point pair associated with the optimum;
and
determining the second matching network using the third value of the third load reflection factor, the fourth value of the second load reflection factor, the transformed second load reflection factor), and the transformed third load reflection factor.

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A method for designing an electronic circuit, the method comprising:

providing the circuit with a first operating state and a second operating state;
providing the circuit with a first source element with a first source output and a second source element with a second source output, the first source element having a first source reflection factor into the first source output in the first operating state;
providing the circuit with a load via a load input, the load having a load input reflection factor into the load input;
providing the circuit with a T-section with a first input, a second input, and an output, the load input being connectable to the output of the T-section, the T-section having a first load reflection factor into the first input in the second operating state, the T-section having a second load reflection factor into the second input in the first operating state, the T-section having a third load reflection factor into the second input in the second operating state;
providing the circuit with a first matching network having a first connection and a second connection, the first connection being connectable to the first input of the T-section, the second connection being connectable to the first source output, the first matching network having a transformed first source reflection factor into the first connection in the first operating state, the first matching network having a transformed first load reflection factor into the second connection in the second operating state;
providing the circuit with a second matching network having a third connection and a fourth connection, the third connection being connectable to the second input of the T-section, the fourth connection being connectable to the second source output, the second matching network having a transformed second load reflection factor into the fourth connection in the first operating state, the second matching network having a transformed third load reflection factor into the fourth connection in the second operating state;
determining a first value of the transformed first load reflection factor for optimizing a parameter of the circuit by measurement in the second operating state;
determining a second value of the transformed second load reflection factor for optimizing the parameter of the circuit by measurement in the first operating state;
determining a third value of the transformed third load reflection factor for optimizing the parameter of the circuit by measurement in the second operating state, wherein the first load reflection factor is set to a first initial value and the second load reflection factor is set to a second initial value;
calculating a first distance between the first value and the complex conjugate of the first source reflection factor by:
P
1
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

a
on
′
opt
-
b
off
*


1
-
b
off
*
⁢
a
on
′
opt
*

)
,
wherein boff is the first source reflection factor, boff* is the complex conjugate of the first source reflection factor, aon′opt is the first value of the transformed first load reflection factor, and P1 is the first distance;
determining a first circle as a set of all points at a first distance from the complex conjugate of the first load reflection factor by:
P
⁡
(
y
,
a
on
*
)
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

y
-
a
on
*


1
-
y
*
⁢
a
on
*

)
≡
P
1
,
wherein y is a point on the first circle, y* is the complex conjugate of the point on the first circle, aon* is the complex conjugate of the first load reflection factor, and P1 is the first distance;
determining a third distances between the second value and the third value by:
P
3
⁢
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

c
on
′
opt
-
c
off
⁢
′
opt


1
-
c
on
′
opt
*
⁢
c
off
⁢
′
opt

)
,
wherein coff′opt is the second value of the transformed second load reflection factor, con′opt is the third value of the transformed third load reflection factor, con′opt* is the complex conjugate of the third value of the transformed third load reflection factor;
determining a third circle as the set of all points at the third distance from the third load reflection factor by:
P
⁡
(
z
,
c
on
)
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

z
-
c
on


1
-
z
*
⁢
c
on

)
≡
P
3
,
wherein z is a point on the third circle, z* is the complex conjugate of the point on the third circle, con is the third load reflection factor, con* is the complex conjugate of the third load reflection factor, and P3 is the third distance,
determining a modified first circle, wherein the modified first circle is determined as the set of all modified reflection factors, wherein an overall impedance is associated with each of the modified reflection factors, wherein each overall impedance is determined from a first parallel circuit of a load impedance of the load and an impedance associated with a reflection factor on the first circle, and wherein the load impedance is associated with the load input reflection factor of the load;
determining at least one fourth value of the second load reflection factor, wherein a sum of squares of the distances between the fourth value and the third circle and between the fourth value and the modified first circle is minimized for the at least one fourth value;
determining a fifth value of the transformed first source reflection factor for each fourth value of the second load reflection factor, wherein a fourth impedance is determined, wherein the fourth impedance is associated with the fourth value of the second load reflection factor, wherein a fifth impedance is determined so that a second parallel circuit of the fifth impedance with the load impedance is equal to the fourth impedance, and wherein the fifth value of the transformed first source reflection factor is associated with the fifth impedance;
determining the first matching network using the first load reflection factor, the first value of the transformed first load reflection factor, the first source reflection factor, and the fifth value of the of the transformed first source reflection factor;
and
determining the second matching network using the second value of the transformed second load reflection factor, the third value of the transformed third load reflection factor, the third load reflection factor, and the fourth value of the second load reflection factor.

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A method for designing an electronic circuit, the method comprising:

determining a distance value and a third value of a transformed first load reflection factor, and a fourth value of a transformed second load reflection factor
wherein a first distance between a first value and the transformed first load reflection factor is defined by:
P
1
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

a
opt
′
-
a
′


1
-
a
′
*
⁢
a
opt
′

)
,
wherein a second distance between a second value and a transformed second load reflection factor is defined by:
P
2
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

c
opt
′
-
c
′


1
-
c
′
*
⁢
c
opt
′

)
,
wherein a third distance between the transformed first load reflection factor and the complex conjugate of the first source reflection factor is defined by:
P
3
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

a
′
-
b
*


1
-
ba
′

)
,
wherein a fourth distance between the transformed second load reflection factor and the complex conjugate of the second source reflection factor is defined by:
P
4
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

c
′
-
d
*


1
-
d
⁢
⁢
c
′

)
,
defining the distance value, the third value, and the fourth value;
determining a fifth value of the transformed first source reflection factor and a sixth value of the transformed second source reflection factor, wherein a first circle with a real center point is determined that intersects a real reflection factor value of one third and a real reflection factor value of minus one, and wherein a second circle as the set of all points with a distance from the real reflection factor value of one third equal to the distance value is determined by:
P
⁡
(
y
,
1
3
)
=
arctan
⁢
⁢
h
⁡
(

y
-
1
3


1
-
y
⁢
1
3

)
≡
P
aus
,
wherein y is a point on the second circle, and Paus is the distance value of the third distance;
determining a fifth value as equal to a value of a first point of intersection between the first circle and the second circle;
determining a sixth value as equal to a value of a second point of intersection between the first circle and the second circle that is different from the first point of intersection;
determining the first matching network using the first source reflection factor, the fifth value of the transformed first source reflection factor, the first load reflection factor, and the third value of the transformed first load reflection factor;
and
determining the second matching network using the second source reflection factor, the sixth value of the transformed second source reflection factor, the second load reflection factor, and the fourth value of the transformed second load reflection factor.

155 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/660,732Filed 25 Oct 2012 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2010 018 274.525 Apr 2010
Published: US 2013/0099874 A125 Apr 2013
Granted: 14 May 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 30/394
Circuit design at the physical level: routing
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