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.
164182.
- 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. 376384.
- 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. 830839.
- 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. 9961005.
- 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. 217220.
- 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. 169174.
- 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. 2124.
- 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 478481.
- 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.
8187.
- 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. 28202833.
- 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. 7482.
- 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. 28202833.
- 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.
566590.
- 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. 383386.
- 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. 7184.
- 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. 188196.
- 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.
23152321.
- 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. 473495.
- 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, 2224 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. 791794.
- 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. 381383.
- 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. 161163.
- 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.
447450.
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. 882889.
- 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. 514517.
- 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. 383386.
- 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. 439442.
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.
11311134.
- Shunmin Wang, Efficient Harmonic Balance Analysis
of Microwave Circuits Using Iterative Matrix Solvers and Newton Updating ,
M.S. Thesis, North Carolina State University, 1999