Qucs: A GPL software package for circuit simulation, compact device modelling and circuit macromodelling from DC to RF and beyond

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-319

  Brinson, M E ^a   Jahn, S ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Qucs; Verilog a compact models; Verilog a macromodels

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT MACROMODEL; CIRCUIT SIMULATORS; COMPACT DEVICES; COMPACT MODEL; CONTROLLED SOURCE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; INTEGRAL ELEMENT; MACRO-MODELLING; NEW APPROACHES; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OPEN SOURCES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; QUCS; RECENT TRENDS; SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES; SUB-CIRCUITS; VERILOG-A; VERILOG-A COMPACT MODELS; VERILOG-A MACROMODELS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NOISE GENERATORS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SPICE;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 67650819177     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: 10991204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnm.702     Document Type: Article

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