A Large-Signal Physical Mesfet Model For Computer-Aided Design And Its Applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 2039-2045

  Pantoja, Renato R ^a   Howes, Michael J ^a   Richardson, John R ^a   Snowden, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS, NONLINEAR--EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INTERMODULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DISTORTION--COMPUTER SIMULATION; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT--COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

HARMONIC BALANCE ANALYSIS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; NONLINEAR MESFET SIMULATION;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC;

EID: 0024878774     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.44119     Document Type: Article

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