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CAD tools for efficient RF/microwave transistor modeling and circuit design

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In today’s radiofrequency and microwave communication circuits, there is an ever-increasing demand for higher integration and miniaturization. This trend leads to massive computational tasks during simulation, optimization and statistical analyses, requiring robust modeling tools so that the whole process can be achieved reliably. In this paper, the authors proposed frequency- and time-domain computer-aided design tools that can characterize RF/microwave field effect and heterojunction bipolar transistors and efficiently predict a circuit performance. The proposed tools are demonstrated through examples.

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This work is supported in part by Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and in part by Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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    Said Gaoua

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    Shahrooz Asadi & Mustapha C. E. Yagoub

  3. ECE Department, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada

    Farah A. Mohammadi

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Gaoua, S., Asadi, S., Yagoub, M.C.E. et al. CAD tools for efficient RF/microwave transistor modeling and circuit design. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 63, 59–70 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-009-9381-z

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