System-oriented harmonic-balance algorithms for circuit-level simulation

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-269

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a   Mastri, Franco ^a   Montanari, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; envelope analysis; nonlinear circuits; system analysis and design

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS;

CIRCUIT-LEVEL SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ENVELOPE ANALYSIS; HARMONIC BALANCE ALGORITHMS; HARMONIC BALANCE SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 78951487775     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2010.2092250     Document Type: Article

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