Model-based approach to robust design, with application to microwave power transistors

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-80

  Hadjihassan, Sevgui ^a   Henkel, Achim ^b   Walter, Eric ^a   Delage, Sylvain ^b   Pronzato, Luc ^c   Vuchkov, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Microwave power transistors; Minimax optimization; Response surface methodology; Robust design; Taguchi method; Tolerancing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSISTORS;

MICROWAVE POWER TRANSISTORS; MINIMAX OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MINITAB; TAGUCHI METHOD; TOLERANCE INTERVALS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

EID: 0036120630     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.974878     Document Type: Article

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