System simulation of mixed-signal multi-domain microsystems with piecewise linear models

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-154

  Levitan, Steven P ^a   Martínez, José A ^a   Kurzweg, Timothy P ^a,b   Davare, Abhijit J ^a,c   Kahrs, Mark ^a   Bails, Michael ^a   Chiarulli, Donald M ^d  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral modeling; Microelectromechanical (MEM) simulation; Mixed signal multi domain (MSMD) simulation; Modified nodal analysis (MNA); Piecewise linear (PWL) simulation; System simulation of microsystems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROOPTICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; WAVEFRONTS;

COMPLEX SCALAR WAVEFRONT; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR; MICROSYSTEM; MIXED-SIGNAL MULTI-DOMAIN MICROSYSTEM; MODIFIED NODAL ANALYSIS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037318684     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2002.806604     Document Type: Article

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