A TLM-SPICE interconnection framework for coupled field and circuit analysis in the time domain

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2728-2733

  So, Poman P M ^a   Hoefer, Wolfgang J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active devices and hybrid SPICE transmission line matrix (SPICE TLM) connection; Distributed device embedding; Lumped device embedding; Nonlinear devices; Time domain modeling; Transmission line matrix (TLM) method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX (TLM);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0036905717     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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