A new iterative diakoptics-based multilevel moments method for planar circuits

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 280-291

  Ooms, Steven ^a   De Zutter, Daniel ^b  

^a Barco NV   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LOW PASS FILTERS;

BLOCK GAUSS SEIDEL (BGS) TECHNIQUE;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032024348     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.661716     Document Type: Article

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