Microwave circuit design by means of direct decomposition in the finite-element method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1520-1530

  De La Rubia, Valentín ^b   Zapata, Juan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Admittance matrix; Design automation; Design methodology; Domain decomposition methods (DDMs); Finite element methods (FEMs); Piecewise (PCW) linear approximation; Reduced order systems

Indexed keywords

ADMITTANCE MATRIX; DESIGN AUTOMATION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; REDUCED ORDER SYSTEMS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 34547352891     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.900307     Document Type: Article

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