A Nonlinear Integral Model of Electron Devices for HB Circuit Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 1456-1465

  Filicori, Fabio ^a   Vannini, Giorgio ^b   Monaco, Vito A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION--APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

CARRIER TRANSPORT PHYSICS; HARMONIC-BALANCE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS; HARMONIC-BALANCE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; LARGE SIGNAL DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NONLINEAR INTEGRAL MODEL (NIM);

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0026888767     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.146327     Document Type: Article

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