An Independently Matched Parameter SPICE Model for GaAs MESFET's

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 872-880

  Li, Edwin X ^a   Scheinberg, Norman ^a   Stofman, Daniel ^a   Tompkins, William ^a  

^a Anadigics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MESFET DEVICES; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MEASUREMENT DISCREPANCY; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM; SIMULATION SPEED;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 0029359634     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.400429     Document Type: Article

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