Title :
Bounds for the number of DC operating points of transistor networks
Author :
Lagarias, Jeffrey C. ; Trajkovic, Ljiljana
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A transistor network consisting of linear positive resistors, q exponential diodes, and of Ebers-Moll model bipolar transistors has at most (d+1)d2dd(d-1/2) DC operating points, where d=q+2p. Bounds are also obtained for the number of operating points in circuits using other models for bipolar transistors
Keywords :
nonlinear network analysis; transistor circuits; DC operating points; Ebers-Moll model bipolar transistors; exponential diodes; linear positive resistors; operating points bound; transistor networks; Bipolar transistors; Circuits; Diodes; Geometry; Nonlinear equations; Piecewise linear techniques; Resistors; Temperature; Upper bound; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1997. ISCAS '97., Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3583-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1997.621848
