Compact reduced-order modeling of weakly nonlinear analog and RF circuits

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

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-203

  Li, Peng ^a,b   Pileggi, Lawrence T ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Model order reduction; Modeling; Nonlinearity; RF circuits

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SET THEORY; TRANSISTORS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; MODEL ORDER REDUCTION; NONLINEARITY; RF CIRCUITS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 13144275278     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2004.837722     Document Type: Article

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