An optimal control problem with state space constraints arising in the design of bipolar transistors

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 4722-4727

  Rinaldi, Paolo ^a   Schättler, Heinz ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; STATE SPACE METHODS;

FIXED BASE RESISTANCE; HOMOJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; STATE SPACE CONSTRAINTS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036996827     PISSN: 01912216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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