Modeling Systems from Measurements of their Frequency Response

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dc.contributor.advisorAntoulas, Athanasios C.
dc.creatorLefteriu, Sanda
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-08T00:35:40Z
dc.date.available2013-03-08T00:35:40Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe problem of modeling systems from frequency response measurements is of interest to many engineers. In electronics, we wish to construct a macromodel from tabulated impedance, admittance or scattering parameters to incorporate it into a circuit simulator for performing circuit analyses. Structural engineers employ frequency response functions to determine the natural frequencies and damping coefficients of the underlying structure. Subspace identification, popular among control engineers, and vector fitting, used by electronics engineers, are examples of algorithms developed for this problem. This thesis has three goals. 1. For multi-port devices, currently available algorithms arc expensive. This thesis therefore proposes an approach based on the Loewner matrix pencil constructed in the context of tangential interpolation with several possible implementations. They are fast, accurate, build low dimensional models, and are especially designed for a large number of terminals. For noise-free data, they identify the underlying system, rather than merely fitting the measurements. For noisy data, their performance is analyzed for different noise levels introduced in the measurements and an improved version, which identifies an approximation of the original system even for large noise values, is proposed. 2. This thesis addresses the problem of generating parametric models from measurements performed with respect to the frequency, but also with respect to one or more design parameters, which could relate to geometry or material properties. These models are suited for performing optimization over the design variables. The proposed approach generalizes the Loewner matrix to data depending on two variables. 3. This thesis analyzes the convergence properties of vector fitting, an iterative algorithm that relocates the poles of the model, given some "starting poles" chosen heuristically. It was recognized as a reformulation of the Sanathanan-Koerner iteration and several authors attempted to improve its convergence properties, but a thorough convergence analysis has been missing. Numerical examples show that for high signal to noise ratios, the iteration is convergent, while for low ones, it may diverge. Hence, incorporating a Newton step aims at making the iteration always convergent for "starting poles" chosen close to the solution. A connection between vector fitting and the Loewner framework is exhibited, which resolves the issue of choosing the starting poles.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS E.E. 2012 LEFTERIU
dc.identifier.citationLefteriu, Sanda. "Modeling Systems from Measurements of their Frequency Response." (2012) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70311">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70311</a>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70311
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectApplied sciences
dc.subjectFrequency response
dc.subjectFrequency domain measurement
dc.subjectCircuit simulators
dc.subjectDamping coefficients
dc.subjectApplied mathematics
dc.subjectElectrical engineering
dc.titleModeling Systems from Measurements of their Frequency Response
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentElectrical Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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