Complete stability analysis of multifunction MMIC circuits

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2024-2033

  Barquincro, César ^b,c   Suárez, Almudena ^a,b   Herrera, Amparo ^a,b   García, José Luis ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Indra Espacio ^*  (Spain)

^d ACORDE SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Continuation techniques; Multifunction monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Stability analysis; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

CIRCUIT NODES; CONTINUATION TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE LOOPS; NONLINEAR MIXER; POLE-ZERO IDENTIFICATION;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 35348910401     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.906498     Document Type: Article

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