A Thermodynamical approach to noise in non-linear networks

International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-165

  Weiss, Laurens ^a   Mathis, Wolfgang ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; RESISTORS; THERMAL NOISE;

TAYLOR POLYNOMIALS;

NONLINEAR NETWORKS;

EID: 0032023375     PISSN: 00989886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-007X(199803/04)26:2<147::AID-CTA998>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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