A simplified broad-band large-signal nonquasi-static table-based fet model

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 395-405

  Fernândez Barciela, Monica ^a   Tasker, Paul J ^a   Campos Roca, Yolanda ^a   Demmler, Markus ^a   Massler, Hermann ^a   Sânchez, Enrique ^a   Carmen Curras Francos M ^a   Schlechtweg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

FET's; Modeling

Indexed keywords

HIGH-FREQUENCY BROADBAND LARGE-SIGNAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SIMPLIFIED NONQUASI-STATIC TABLE-BASED APPROACH;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033876235     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.826838     Document Type: Article

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