Harmonic balance simulation of RF injection effects in analog circuits

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-126

  Hattori, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kato, Takatoshi ^a   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Tadano, Hiroshi ^a   Nagase, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar transistor; dc shift; Differential amplifier; Frequency domain analysis; Harmonic balance; Injection; RF; Simulation; Undesired behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001649077     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.673617     Document Type: Article

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