Incorporating non-linear lumped elements in FDTD: the equivalent source method

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-170

  Mix, Jason ^a   Dixon, Jonathan ^b   Popovic, Zoya ^a   Piket May, Melinda ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MESFET DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; NON LINEAR LUMPED ELEMENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032685825     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199901/04)12:1/2<157::AID-JNM323>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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