Object oriented microwave circuit simulation

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 164-182

  Christoffersen, Carlos E ^a,d,e,f,g   Mughal, Usman A ^b,f,h   Steer, Michael B ^c,f,i  

^a Campus Box 7908   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e National Research Council of Argentina   (Argentina)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Dept of Elec and Comp Engineering ^*

^h Cadence Design System Inc   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT FIELD INTERACTION; CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033728834     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-047X(200005)10:3<164::AID-MMCE4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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