Sensitivity analysis for oscillators

This paper presents an analysis for calculating sensitivities of an oscillator's periodic steady-state and perturbation projection vector to design, process, or environmental parameters. A general continuous-time formulation is described. Applications of the oscillator sensitivity analysis in design optimization and macromodeling are demonstrated through examples.

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