Hierarchical mixed-domain circuit simulation, synthesis and extraction methodology for MEMS

Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-249

  Mukherjee, Tamal ^a   Fedder, Gary K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

COMPONENT LEVEL SYNTHESIS STRATEGY; LAYOUT EXTRACTOR; MIXED DOMAIN CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032624348     PISSN: 09225773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008122921631     Document Type: Article

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