Transmission line synthesis via constrained multivariable optimization

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-19

  Gupta, Rohini ^a   Krauter, Byron ^a   Pileggi, Lawrence T ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC WIRE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

TIME DOMAIN SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION LINE SYNTHESIS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0030644627     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.559328     Document Type: Article

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