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An Effective Implementation of the Nonlinear Homotopy Method for MOS Transistor Circuits

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Recently, an efficient homotopy method termed the nonlinear homotopy method (NLH) has been proposed for finding DC operating points of MOS transistor circuits. This method is not only efficient but also globally convergent. However, the programming of sophisticated homotopy methods is often difficult for non-experts or beginners. In this paper, an effective method for implementing the MOS NLH method on SPICE is proposed. By this method, we can implement the MOS NLH method from a good initial solution with various efficient techniques and without programming.

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Mechanical and Electrical Technology VI

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 619)

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166-172

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August 2014

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Dan Niu*, Xiao Jun Wang, Xing Peng Zhou, Guo Rui He, Zhou Rong Huang

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Circuit Simulation, DC Operating Point, Homotopy Method, SPICE

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