Hybrid FDTD large-signal modeling of three-terminal active devices

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1267-1270

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Fusco, V F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active devices; Finite difference time domain method; Large signal models

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THREE-TERMINAL ACTIVE DEVICES;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0031211080     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618419     Document Type: Article

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