On the accuracy of direct extraction of the heterojunction-bipolar-transistor equivalent-circuit model parameters Cπ, CBC, and RE

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1640-1649

  Dvorak, Martin W ^a   Bolognesi, Colombro R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circuit modeling; Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Parameter extraction; Small signal

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DIRECT EXTRACTION EQUATIONS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SMALL SIGNAL;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0037600554     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.812557     Document Type: Article

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