Efficient Solution Method for Unified Nonlinear Microwave Circuit and Numerical Solid-State Device Simulation

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 420-422

  Tait, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE CARRIERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

HARMONIC BALANCE TECHNIQUES; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL SOLID STATE DEVICE SIMULATIONS; UNIFIED NONLINEAR MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0028741061     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.336233     Document Type: Article

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