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2 - Basic Nonlinear Microwave Circuit Analysis Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2018

José Carlos Pedro
Affiliation:
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
David E. Root
Affiliation:
Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa
Jianjun Xu
Affiliation:
Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa
Luís Cótimos Nunes
Affiliation:
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Nonlinear Circuit Simulation and Modeling
Fundamentals for Microwave Design
, pp. 47 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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