Optimization technology for nonlinear microwave circuits integrating electromagnetic simulations

International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-28

  Bandler, John W ^a,c   Biernacki, Radoslaw M ^a,c   Chen, Shao Hua ^a,c   Grobelny, Piotr A ^b,c  

^a Optimization Systems Associates Inc   (Canada)

^b Newbridge Networks Corp   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circuit design; Computer aided design; Electromagnetic simulation; Microwave CAD; Nonlinear circuits; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

AUTOMATED ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGN; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SPICE;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0030779403     PISSN: 10501827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-6301(199701)7:1<6::AID-MMCE1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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