MOS Table Models for Fast and Accurate Simulation of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits Using Efficient Oscillation-Diminishing Interpolations

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

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1481-1494

  Li, Xiao ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Wu, Dake ^b   Zhou, Zhenya ^b   Zeng, Xuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huada Empyrean Software Company Ltd ^*  (China)

Author keywords

AMS circuits; hermite spline interpolation; MOS table models; oscillation diminishing; simulation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MIXED SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ANALOG AND MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; FAST AND ACCURATE SIMULATIONS; HERMITE SPLINES; NON-UNIFORM INTERPOLATIONS; OSCILLATION-DIMINISHING; SIMULATION;

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 84940032574     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2015.2413392     Document Type: Article

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