Physical/electromagnetic analysis of multifinger MOSFETs with SB-SP combined methods

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-147

  Leuzzi, Giorgio ^a   Stornelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; Electron device modeling; Frequency domain analysis

Indexed keywords

BALANCE ANALYSIS; CAD TOOL; CIRCUIT ANALYSIS; COMBINED METHOD; COMPACT MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOLVERS; ELECTRON-DEVICE MODELING; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GATE LENGTH; HARMONIC BALANCE; HARMONIC BALANCE TECHNIQUES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MOSFETS; MULTIFINGERS; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; POLYNOMIAL EXPANSION; S-PARAMETERS; TIME DOMAIN; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRON DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649220818     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: 1099047X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20408     Document Type: Article

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