A time-domain approach to simulation and characterization of RF HBT two-tone intermodulation distortion

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2055-2062

  Huang, Kuen Yu ^a   Li, Yiming ^a,b   Lee, Chien Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distortion; Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Intermodulation; Output third order intercept point (OIP3); RF characterization; Transient time analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERMODULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MONOTONE ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TWO TONE INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; WAVEFORM RELAXATION;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0141952894     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.817681     Document Type: Article

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