Title :
Approximation of state functions in measurement-based transistor model
Author :
Van den Bosch, Sven ; Martens, Luc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
fDate :
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper investigates the use of approximation of state functions in measurement-based transistor models. This is especially important when these models are used in third-order intermodulation distortion simulations since the dynamical spline interpolation that is typically used has possible large discontinuities in its third-order derivative. We, therefore, propose a new representation of the state functions in our model and offer a comparison between measurement and simulation to prove the validity of our approach. Also, our model can easily be implemented in any commercially available SPICE simulator, which also is a significant advantage
Keywords :
SPICE; function approximation; intermodulation distortion; interpolation; semiconductor device models; splines (mathematics); transistors; SPICE; dynamical spline interpolation; measurement-based model; nonlinearity; simulation; state function approximation; third-order intermodulation distortion; transistor; Circuit simulation; Current measurement; Distortion measurement; Harmonic distortion; Intermodulation distortion; Interpolation; MESFETs; SPICE; Spline; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on