A Neural Network Modeling Approach to Circuit Optimization and Statistical Design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1349-1358

  Zaabab, A Hafid ^a   Zhang, Qi Jun ^a   Nakhla, Michel ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CIRCUIT MODELS; DEVICE PHYSICS EQUATION; MICROWAVE CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029322064     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.390193     Document Type: Article

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