Monte carlo-based harmonic-balance technique for the simulation of high-frequency TED oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 10 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1376-1381

  Kamoua, Ridha ^a,b  

^a State University of New York at Stony Brook ^*

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic balance; Monte Carlo; Semiconductor device modeling; Transferred electron devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001345016     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.721138     Document Type: Article

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