SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF LINEAR NETWORKS BY MODIFIED NODAL METHOD

Abstract

The paper presents a new method of obtaining first order differential sensitivities of transfer functions of linear networks, related to any component parameter. The procedure does not necessitate adjoint network analysis or symbolic treatment of parameters, it only uses results of the preliminary network analysis. The calculation of the network is done using modified nodal analysis. Methods of determining sensitivity functions are discussed both for the time and for the frequency domain approaches. The interactivity of the LINA program implementing the procedure increases the efficiency of the network analysis.