A GENERALIZATION OF INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER-FUNCTION ANALYSIS TO ARBITRARY LINEAR-NETWORKS

This paper is concerned with the generalization of the intermediate tr ansfer function analysis method, proposed in [1] for state-space filte r circuits, to arbitrary continuous-time linear networks. This analysi s technique involves the intermediate step of calculating a set of int ermediate transfer functions (IFs) that can in turn be used to compute any desired transfer function, various sensitivity functions, output noise power spectral densities, harmonic and intermodulation distortio n products (when the network contains quasilinear, or weakly nonlinear , elements), and various other linear network attributes. The salient feature of this approach is that all computations can be carried out i n symbolic form, thus highlighting the interrelationship of the variou s network attributes.