Shil'nikov's theorem-a tutorial

CP Silva - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I …, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The phenomenon of chaos has been observed in many nonlinear deterministic systems in
both experimental and computer-simulation contexts. Given the nature of this phenomenon, …

Time-domain envelope measurement technique with application to wideband power amplifier modeling

…, MS Muha, AA Moulthrop, CP Silva - … on Microwave theory …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new time-domain measurement technique for repetitive microwave
signals that is applied to modeling wideband power amplifiers. The measurement technique …

Power-amplifier characterization using a two-tone measurement technique

CJ Clark, CP Silva, AA Moulthrop… - IEEE transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An accurate nonlinear model is necessary to optimize the tradeoff between efficiency and
linearity in power amplifiers. Gain compression (AM/AM) and amplitude-phase (AM/PM) …

Introduction to chaos-based communications and signal processing

CP Silva, AM Young - 2000 IEEE Aerospace Conference …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolution of the new discipline of nonlinear engineering is taking place along two fronts:
the first addressing higher-order effects that have become more important in current designs…

The overdamped double‐scroll family. Part I: Piecewise‐linear geometry and normal form

CP Silva, LO Chua - International journal of circuit theory and …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is the first part of a two part work that aims to introduce a new family of piecewise‐linear
differential equations that exhibit chaotic behaviour in numerical simulations and to …

Transmission response measurements of frequency-translating devices using a vector network analyzer

…, AA Moulthrop, MS Muha, CP Silva - IEEE Transactions on …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new method for accurately determining the transmission response of frequency-translating
devices (FTDs) is presented. The absolute amplitude and phase of the FTD under test is …

Introduction to polyspectral modeling and compensation techniques for wideband communications systems

CP Silva, AA Moulthrop… - 58th ARFTG Conference …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The requirements/environments for broadband commercial and military communication
systems have focused attention on the issues of efficiency and nonlinearity characterization of …

Application of polyspectral techniques to nonlinear modeling and compensation

CP Silva, AA Moulthrop, MS Muha… - 2001 IEEE MTT-S …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces polyspectral techniques to the microwave community by describing
their application to nonlinear component and system modeling, as well as compensation …

Survey of characterization techniques for nonlinear communication components and systems

CP Silva, CJ Clark, AA Moulthrop… - 2005 IEEE Aerospace …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on the measurement and modeling techniques needed for the construction
and validation of system-level simulation tools, as well as the diagnosis and specification …

The double-hook attractor in Chua's circuit: Some analytical results

CP Silva - Chua's Circuit: A Paradigm for Chaos, 1993 - World Scientific
The double-hook family— $\mathcal{F}_{s}$ of three-region, piecewise-linear, continuous
vector fields on R 3 —is a derivative of the double-scroll family that also numerically and …