General Noise Analysis of Nonlinear Microwave Circuits by the Piecewise Harmonic-Balance Technique

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 807-819

  Mastri, Franco ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FORCED CIRCUITS; HARMONIC BALANCE TECHNIQUE; NOISE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; THERMAL NOISE;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0028424547     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.293529     Document Type: Article

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