The main reason for adding a separate hb analysis was to appeal to users more familiar with other harmonic balance simulators, to give a single analysis setup regardless of whether there is one tone or multiple tones, and also to avoid cluttering the analysis with parameters which are only used in the Shooting Newton method. The underlying engine is the same though.

There are some capabilities which are supported in the separate hb analysis which are not in the Harmonic Balance mode of pss/qpss though:

• Ability to specify the frequencies by value (rather than by using the frequency names on the sources)
• Ability to perform a semi-autonomous analysis - have an oscillator as one tone, and driven signals as other tones
• Support signal partitioning (allows different numbers of harmonics in different parts of the circuit)

Regards,

Andrew.

Sorry nobody responded sooner - I was away from this forum for a number of months.

Yes, I believe it should be possible to simulate the effects of injection pulling with semi-autonomous. I've certainly used it to look at the effects on noise by having an interferer, so I don't see why this should be any different (I've just not tried it personally so far).

Regards,

Andrew.