Computer-aided optimization of broadband nonlinear microwave integrated circuits with the aid of electromagnetically generated look-up tables

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Cecchetti, Claudio ^b   Masotti, Diego ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^c Beghelli Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic simulation; Nonlinear circuits; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTERPOLATION; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; SPACE MAPPING TECHNIQUE; SPIRAL INDUCTORS;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031191620     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199707)15:4<189::AID-MOP1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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