[Todd H.]

(Todd H.) writes:

And if so, why does this nonlinearity always manifest itself as n-order
harmonics?

Great question. To appreciate it, math is involved, and that math
involved functions that have squared terms in them, among other
things. In the time domain, if you have a component whose transfer
function introduces

.... non linear terms. x^2 terms and friends.

Heh, evidently got lost in thought.

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