Active frequency-multiplier design using CAD

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1377-1385

  Klymyshyn, David M ^a,b   Ma, Zhen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b TRLABS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active multiplier; Computer aided design (CAD) software; FET multiplier; Frequency multiplier; Harmonic balance (HB); Harmonic terminations; High order multiplier; Nonlinear; Optimization; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

MULTIPLIER DESIGN;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0037399002     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.809183     Document Type: Article

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