Fundamentals of fast simulation algorithms for RF circuits

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 600-621

  Nastov, Ognen ^a   Telichevesky, Rircardo ^b   Kundert, Ken ^c   White, Jacob ^d  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Rio Design Automation Inc   (United States)

^c Designers Guide Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Computer aided analysis; Design automation; Frequency domain analysis; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIXER CIRCUITS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DESIGN AUTOMATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; IMPLICIT METHODS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; PERIODIC STEADY STATE; PERIODIC STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; SHOOTING METHODS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 64149123783     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2006.889366     Document Type: Article

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