Physics-Based Expressions for the Nonlinear Capacitances of the MESFET Equivalent Circuit

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 403-406

  D’Agostino, Stefano ^a   Betti Berutto, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

CURTICE MODELS; NONLINEAR CAPACITANCES; PHYSICS BASED EXPRESSIONS; STATZ-PUCEL MODELS;

MESFET DEVICES;

EID: 0028391691     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.277433     Document Type: Article

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