Biography of publications describing modeling
and architecture in fREEDA
Global Modeling Concept
- C. E. Christoffersen,
U. A. Mughal, and M. B. Steer, “Object oriented
microwave circuit simulation,” Int. J. on RF and Microwave Computer
Aided Engineering, Vol. 10, Issue 3, May/June 2000, pp. 164–182.
- C. E. Christoffersen
and M. B. Steer, “Implementation of the local reference node concept for
spatially distributed circuits,” Int. J. on RF and Microwave Computer
Aided Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 5, Sept. 1999, pp. 376–384.
- M. B. Steer, J. F. Harvey, J.
W. Mink, M. N. Abdulla, C. E. Christoffersen, H.
M. Gutierrez, P. L. Heron, C. W. Hicks, A. I. Khalil,
U. A. Mughal, S. Nakazawa,
T. W. Nuteson, J. Patwardhan,
S. G. Skaggs, M. A. Summers, S. Wang, and A. B. Yakovlev,
“Global modeling of spatially distributed microwave and millimeter-wave
systems,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techniques, June 1999, pp.
830–839.
- M. B. Steer, J. W. Bandler
and C. M. Snowden, “Computer-aided design of RF and microwave circuits and
systems,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techniques, Mar. 2002, pp.
996–1005.
- A. I. Khalil
and M. B. Steer, “Circuit theory for spatially distributed microwave
circuits,” IEEE Trans. On Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol.
46, Oct. 1998, pp. 1500-1502.
- M. B. Steer, N. M. Kriplani,
S. Luniya, F. Hart, J. Lowry and C. E. Christoffersen,
“fREEDA: an open source circuit simulator,” Proc.
2006 Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimeter-wave
Circuits, Jan. 2006.
- C. E. Christoffersen
and M. B. Steer, “Generalized circuit formulation for the transient
simulation of circuits using wavelet, convolution and time-marching
techniques,” ECCTD, Nov. 2001.
- H. Gutierrez, C. E. Christoffersen and M. B. Steer, “An integrated
environment for the simulation of electrical, thermal and electromagnetic
interactions in high-performance integrated circuits,” Proc. IEEE 6 th Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance of
Electronic Packaging,, Sept. 1999, pp. 217–220.
- M. B. Steer, C. E. Christoffersen, H. Gutierrez, S. Nakazawa,
M. Abdulla, and T. W. Nutesson, “Modelling
of Large Non-Linear Systems Integrating Thermal and Electromagnetic
Models,” European Gallium Arsenide and related III-V Compounds
Application Symposium, Oct. 1998, pp. 169–174.
- M. B. Steer, M. Ozkar, and C. E. Christoffersen,
“Circuit level modelling of spatially distributed mm and sub mm-Wave Systems,”
Proc. 1998 IEEE Sixth Int. Conf. on Terahertz Electronics Proceedings,
Sept. 1998, pp. 21–24.
- M. B. Steer, M. N. Abdulla,
C. Christoffersen, M. Summers, S. Nakazawa, A. Khalil, and J.
Harvey, “Integrated
electro-magnetic and circuit modeling of large microwave and
millimeter-wave structures,” Proc. 1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symp., June 1998, pp 478–481.
- M. S. Basel, M. B. Steer, and
P. D. Franzon, “Hierarchical
simulation of high speed digital interconnects using a packaging
simulator,” Proc. 44 rd Electronic Components and Technology Conf.,
May 1994, pp. 81–87.
- Carlos Christofferson,
Global Modeling of Nonlinear Microwave Circuits , Ph.D. Dissertation, North Carolina
State University, 2000
- Steven G. Skaggs, Efficient
Harmonic Balance Modeling of Large Microwave Circuits ,
Ph.D. Dissertation, North
Carolina State University, 1999.
- Rajesh Bollapragada,
An Integrated Tool for High Speed Circuit Design Including Substrate
Effects , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University, 2003.
- Ramya
Mohan, Integration of Interconnect Models in a Circuit Simulator , M.S. Thesis North Carolina
State University,
2002
- Baribrata
Biswas, Modeling and simulation of high speed interconnects , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State
University, 1998.
- Carlos Christoffersen,
State-variable based steady state analysis of microwave circuits
, M.S. Thesis, North
Carolina State University, 1998.
Coupled EM-Circuit Modeling
- R. Mohan, J. C. Myoung, S.
E. Mick, F. P. Hart, K. Chandrasekar, A. C.
Cangellaris, P. D. Franzon and M. B. Steer, “Causal reduced-order modeling
of distributed structures in a transient circuit simulator,” IEEE
Trans. Microwave Theory and Tech,
Vol. 52, No. 9, Sept. 2004, pp. 2207 – 2214.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, A. B. Yakovlev,
J. F. Whitaker, M. Ozkar, S. Ortiz, A.
Mortazawi, R. Reano, K. Yang, L. P. B. Katehi,
C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, "Global coupled EM-electrical-thermal
simulation and experimental validation for a spatial power combining MMIC array,“IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and
Tech., Vol. 50, Dec. 2002, pp. 2820–2833.
- M. S. Basel, M. B. Steer and
P. D. Franzon “Simulation of high speed interconnects using a
convolution-based hierarchical packaging simulator,” IEEE Trans. on
Components Hybrids and Manufacturing Technology, Part B: Advanced Packaging,
Vol. 18, Feb. 1995, pp. 74–82.
- Ahmed I. Khalil,
Generalized Scattering Matrix Modeling of Distributed Microwave and
Millimeter-Wave Systems , Ph.D. Dissertation, North Carolina State University,
1999.
- Satoshi Nakazawa,
Hierarchical Electromagnetic Modeling of Quasi-Optical Grid Amplifiers and
Oscillators , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University, 1999.
- Usman
Mughal, Hierarchical Approach to Global Modeling
of Active Antenna Arrays , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University, 1999.
- Mark Summers, Simulation of
a quasi-optical grid amplifier , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University,
1997.
Thermal Modeling
- S. Melamed, S. Luniya, L. E. Doxsee,
Jr., K. Obermiller, C. Hawkinson, W. R. Davis,
P. D. Franzon and M. B. Steer, “Thermal analysis and verification of a
mounted monolithic integrated circuit,” IEEE Trans. Advanced Packaging,
submitted March 2007.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, A. B. Yakovlev,
J. F. Whitaker, M. Ozkar, S. Ortiz, A.
Mortazawi, R. Reano, K. Yang, L. P. B. Katehi,
C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, "Global coupled EM-electrical-thermal
simulation and experimental validation for a spatial power combining MMIC array,“IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and
Tech., Vol. 50, Dec. 2002, pp. 2820–2833.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, A. J. Panks,
S. David, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Electrothermal
CAD of power devices and circuits with fully physical time-dependent
compact thermal modeling of complex non linear 3-d systems,” IEEE
Transactions on Components and Packaging Technology, Dec. 2001, pp.
566–590.
- J. Ding, D. Linton, D. Smithand M. B. Steer, “Compact electro-thermal modelling and simulation of InP
HBT based on the local reference concept,” The 1 st
European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2006, pp.
383–386.
- S. Luniya, W. Batty, V. Caccamesi, M. Garcia, C. E. Christoffersen,
S. Melamed, W. R. Davis and M. B. Steer, “Compact electrothermal
modeling of an X-band MMIC,” 2006 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp., June 2006.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, A. B. Yakovlev,
J. F. Whitaker, A. Mortazawi, A. Al-Zayed, M. Ozkar, S. Ortiz, R. Reano,
K. Yang, L. P. B. Katehi, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Electro-thermal
simulation a complex design example: the spatial power combining MMIC
array,” 6 th International Workshop on
Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (Therminic),
Oct. 2002.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, A. B. Yakovlev,
J. F. Whitaker, M. Ozkar, S. Ortiz, A.
Mortazawi, R. Reano, K. Yang, L. P. B. Katehi,
C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, " Global coupled EM-electrical-thermal
simulation and experimental validation for a spatial power combining MMIC
Array,” 2002 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp.,
June 2002.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Fully
physical coupled electro-thermal modelling of
power devices and circuits,” 13 th
Workshop on Physical Simulation of Semiconductor Devices, March 2002.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, S. David, A. J. Panks,
R. G. Johnson, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Fully analytical compact
thermal model of complex electronic power devices and packages in coupled electrothermal CAD,” 7 th
Int. Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, Sept.
2001.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen,
S. David, A. J. Panks, R. G. Johnson, C. M.
Snowden, and M. B. Steer, “Fully physical time-dependent
compact thermal modelling of complex non linear
3-dimensional systems for device and circuit level electro-thermal CAD,” Seventeenth
Annual IEEE Symp. On Semiconductor Thermal
Measurement and Management, 2001. pp. 71–84.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, S. David, A. J. Panks,
R. G. Johnson, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Predictive microwave design
by coupled electro-thermal simulation based on a fully physical thermal
model,” 8th IEEE Int.l Symp.
on Electron Devices for Microwave and
Optoelectronic Applications, Nov. 2000.
- W. Batty, C. E. Christoffersen, S. David, A. J. Panks,
R. G. Johnson, C. M. Snowden and M. B. Steer, “Steady-state and transient
electro-thermal simulation of power devices and circuits based on a fully
physical thermal model,” 6 th Int. Workshop
on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (Therminic
2K), Sept. 2000, pp. 125 - 130.
Device Modeling and Parameterization
- N. M. Kriplani, S. Bowyer, J.
Huckaby and M. B. Steer, “Modeling a tunnel
diode in a circuit simulator,” IET Circuits, Devices & Systems,
In Press, 2007.
- N. M. Kriplani, D. P.
Nackashi, C. J. Amsinck, N. H. Di Spigna, M. B. Steer and P. D. Franzon,
R. L. Rick, G. C. Solomon and J. R. Reimers, “Physics-based molecular
device model in a transient circuit simulator,” Elsevier Science:
Chemical Physics, July 11 2006, Vol. 326, Issue 1, Special Issue on
The Molecules and Methods of Chemical, Biochemical and Nanoscale
Electron Transfer, pp. 188–196.
- P. J. Rudge,
R. E. Miles, M. B. Steer and C. M. Snowden, “Investigation into intermodulation distortion in HEMTs
using a quasi-2D physical model,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory
Techniques, Vol. 49, Dec. 2001, pp. 2315–2321.
- C. E. Christoffersen,
S. Velu and M. B. Steer, “A universal
parameterized nonlinear device model formulation for microwave circuit
simulation,” 2002 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp., June 2002.
- Senthil
Velu, Charge Based Modeling In State Variable
Based Simulator , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State
University, 2002.
- Nikhil Kriplani, Transistor
Modeling using Advanced Circuit Simulator Technology , M.S. Thesis, North
Carolina State University, 2002
Automatic Differentiation
- F. P. Hart, D. Stephenson,
C.-R. Chang, K. Gharaibeh, R. G. Johnson and M. B. Steer, Mathematical
foundations of frequency domain modeling of nonlinear circuits and systems
using the arithmetic operator method, Int. J. on RF and Microwave
Computer Aided Engineering, Dec. 2003, pp. 473–495.
- M. Steer, A. Mantooth, N. Kriplani and W. Jang, “Advanced device
modeling using automatic differentiation in a mixed domain circuit
simulator,” Proc. Int. Conf. on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuit and
Systems, Gdynia, Poland, 22–24 June 2006.
- F. Hart, N. Kriplani; S. Luniya, C. Christoffersen
and M. B. Steer “Streamlined Circuit Device Model Development with fREEDA
and Adol-C,” AD 2004 — Fourth International
Workshop on Automatic Differentiation, July 2004.
- F. P. Hart, N. Kriplani, S.
R. Luniya, C. E. Christoffersen and M. B. Steer,
“Streamlined Circuit and Device Model Development with fREEDA and ADOL-C,”
in Automatic Differentiation: Applications, Theory, and
Implementations, edited by H. M. Bucker, G. F. Corliss, P. Hovland, U. Naumann and B.
Norris, Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering,
Vol. 50, Springer, New York, NY, 2005.
Model, VCSEL (Laser Diode)
- R. Pant, M. A. Neifeld, M. B. Steer, H. Kanj,
and A. C. Cangellaris, “Electrical package impact on VCSEL-based optical
interconnects ;” Optics Communication, Vol. 245, Issue 1-6, Jan.
2005, p. 315-332.
- Houssam
Kanj, Circuit-Level Modeling of Laser Diodes ,
M.S. Thesis, North Carolina
State University,
2003
Filter Models and how to model and analyze high Q elements
1. F. P. Hart, S.
Luniya, J. Nath, A. Victor and M. B.
Steer, “Modeling high-order filters synthesis in a transient microwave circuit
simulator,” Proc. IEE Part H. Microwave Antennas and Propagation,
In Press, 2007.
Analysis, Transient
- C. E. Christoffersen,
S. Nakazawa, M.
A. Summers and M. B. Steer, “Transient analysis
of a spatial power combining amplifier,” 1999 IEEE MTT-S Int.
Microwave Symp. Digest. June 1999, pp.
791–794.
- Mark Basel, Simulation of
High Speed Digital Circuit Interconnection Networks ,
Ph.D., 1993.
- Sonali Luniya, SPICE Like
Sparse Transient Analysis , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State
University, 2002
- Mete Ozkar,
Transient Analysis of Spatially Distributed Microwave Circuits Using
Convolution and State Variables , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State
University,, 1998
- Dan Winklestein,
Transient Nonlinear Simulation of Transmission Line Systems
, M.S. Thesis, North
Carolina State University,, 1990.
Analysis, Transient, High
Dynamic Range
(.TRAN4)
- S. Luniya, K. G. Gard, and M.
B. Steer, “Modeling nonlinear distortion of ultra wideband signals at
X-band,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, July
2006, pp. 381–383.
- S. Luniya, M. B. Steer and C.
E. Christoffersen, “High dynamic range transient
simulation of microwave circuits IEEE Radio and Wireless Conf.
(RAWCON), Sept. 2004.
- Sonali Luniya, Transient Electrothermal Modeling of Digital and Radio Frequency
Circuits, Ph.D. Dissertation, North Carolina State University, 2006
Analysis, Transient, Wavelets (.WAVTRAN)
- C. E. Christoffersen
and M. B. Steer, `` State-variable-based transient circuit simulation
using wavelets,'' IEEE Microwave and Guided Waves Letters, Vol.
11. April 2001, pp. 161–163.
- C. E. Christoffersen
and M. B. Steer, “Comparison
of wavelet- and time-marching-based microwave circuit transient analysis,”
2001 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Digest.
May 2001, pp. 447–450.
Analysis, Transient, Convolution
- C. Christoffersen,
M. Ozkar, M. B. Steer, M. G. Case and M. Rodwell, “State variable-based transient analysis
using convolution,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techniques, June
1999, pp. 882–889.
- D. Winkelstein,
M. B. Steer and R. Pomerleau, “Simulation
of arbitrary transmission line networks with nonlinear terminations,” IEEE
Trans. on Circuits and Systems, April 1991, pp.418-422. See also, IEEE
Trans. on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 38, Oct.
1991.
Analysis, Noise
1. N. M.
Kriplani, S. Luniya and M. B. Steer, “Integrated deterministic and stochastic
simulation of electronic circuits: application to large signal noise analysis,”
submitted to Int. J. Numerical Modeling, January 2007.
- M. Steer and N. Kriplani, “Stochastic simulation as an aid to
uncertainty modeling of sensors: modeling phase noise in an oscillator,” Government
Microcircuit Applications Conf. (GOMACTech),
March 2007.
- N. M. Kriplani, A. Victor
and M. B. Steer, “Time-domain modelling of phase
noise in an oscillator,” 36 th
European Microwave Conference, Sept. 2006, pp. 514–517.
- Nikhil Kriplani, Modelling Colored Noise under Large-Signal Conditions,
Ph.D. Dissertation, North
Carolina State University, 2005.
Model, Transistor
- J. Ding, D. Linton, D. Smithand M. B. Steer, “Compact electro-thermal modelling and simulation of InP
HBT based on the local reference concept,” The 1 st
European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2006, pp.
383–386.
- P. J. Rudge,
R. E. Miles, M. B. Steer and C. M. Snowden, “Two-tone intermodulation distortion simulations in the time
domain using a quasi-2D physical pHEMT model,” 2001 IEEE MTT-S Int.
Microwave Symp. Digest. May 2001, pp.
439–442.
Harmonic Balance
- C. E. Christoffersen,
M. B. Steer and M. A. Summers, “Harmonic balance
analysis for systems with circuit-field interactions,” Proc. 1998 IEEE
MTT-S International Microwave Symp., June
1998, pp. 1131–1134.
- Shunmin
Wang, Efficient Harmonic Balance Analysis of Microwave Circuits Using
Iterative Matrix Solvers and Newton Updating , M.S. Thesis, North Carolina
State University, 1999