An efficient, fully parasitic-aware power amplifier design optimization tool

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1526-1534

  Ramos, João ^a   Francken, Kenneth ^a   Gielen, Georges G E ^a   Steyaert, Michiel S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Design automation; M DESIGN; Optimization; Power amplifier; Sizing

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSISTORS;

ANALOG CIRCUIT SIZING; DESIGN AUTOMATION; M-DESIGN; PARASITIC AWARE POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 26444477598     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.851677     Document Type: Article

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