2022 Volume 13 Issue 4 Pages 615-632
The steady-state analysis and design of a generalized class-E rectifier are reconsidered from circuit simulation techniques. From the considerations, we identify that this method corresponds to the harmonic balance method via the circuit partitioning technique to enhance the convergence of the Newton-Raphson method. Then, we extend this method using discrete Fourier transforms. Moreover, the nonlinear circuit model is incorporated to the steady-state analysis and design. Thus, we can obtain accurate design characteristics within the circuit simulation level. Although the harmonic balance method is well-known in circuit simulation studies, the related papers abstractly describe the algorithms. Hence, we describe our method as concrete as possible to compensate for the ambiguousness.
