An Efficient Nonquasi-Static Diode Model for Circuit Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 231-239

  Yang, Andrew T ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Yao, Jack T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGE CARRIERS; CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DYNAMIC CHARGE ELEMENT; DYNAMIC CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; NONQUASI-STATIC DIODE; REVERSE RECOVERY; SPICE DIODE MODEL; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT EQUATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 0028377202     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.259946     Document Type: Article

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