Non-linearity and How to Model It

Assumptions:

• Our system ___________________________________

• Our system only exhibits ______________________________

 

  𝑦 ( 𝑡 ) =¿ ¿

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 Example of 2nd Order Non-linearity

𝑉
 
𝑜𝑢𝑡 =𝑉 𝐷𝐷 − 𝐼 𝐷 𝑅 𝐷

  1 𝑊 2
¿ 𝑉 𝐷𝐷 − 𝜇 𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑥 ( 𝑉 𝑖𝑛 − 𝑉 𝑡h ) 𝑅 𝐷
2 𝐿

(ideal low-frequency saturation-mode model assumed)

Common-source stage

RF Microelectronics, 2nd Edition, B. Razavi, Prentice Hall, 2012, slide from: http://www.seas.ucla.edu/brweb/teaching.html
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