Computation of the steady-state solution of nonlinear circuits with time-domain and large-signal-small-signal analysis methods

Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Electrical Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Jokinen, Hannu ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Steady state analysis methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATION; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LARGE SIGNAL SMALL SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHODS; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS METHODS;

NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030685209     PISSN: 00016845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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