A circuit from a paper about measuring HBT RF linearity and intermodulation distortion.
It uses very few absolute coordinates, so everything aligns nicely and is easily modifiable.
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% Circuit example
% Author: Magnus Rentsch Ersdal
\documentclass[border=10pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz} % Loading circuitikz with siunitx option
\begin{document}
\begin{circuitikz}[american currents,european resistors]
\draw %horizontal main components
(0,0) node[coordinate](origin){} to[short,*-] ++(1,0)
to[R,l=$r_{bx}$,name=Rbx] ++(2,0) node [coordinate] (bx) {$b_x$}
to[R,l=$r_{bi}/q_b$,name=Rbi] +(2,0) node [coordinate] (bi) {$b_i$}
to[C,l=$c_{bc}$,name=Cbc] +(4,0) node [coordinate] (ci) {$c_i$}
to[R,l=$r_{ci}$,name=Rci] +(2,0) node [coordinate] (rc) {}
to[R,l=$r_{cx}$,-*,name=Rcx] +(2,0) node [coordinate] (c) {}
;
\draw %current sources
($(bi)+(0.3,0)$) |- ++(1,2) node [coordinate] (t2) {}
to[cI=$i_{bc}-i_{gc}$,name=c1] (t2-|ci)
($(ci)+(-0.3,0)$) to[cI=$i_{ce}$,name=c3] ++(0,-3) node [coordinate] (t3) {}
($(bi)+(1,0)$) node[coordinate](t4){} to[cI=$i_{be}$,name=c2] (t4|-t3)
;
\draw %qbe and cbcx
(bx) |- ++(1,4) node[coordinate](t1) {}
to[C,l=$c_{bcx}$,name=Cbcx] (t1-|ci)
(bi) to[C,l_=$q_{be}$,name=qbe] (bi|-t3)
(t1-|ci)--(ci)
;
\draw
($(bi|-t3)!0.5!(t3)$) node [coordinate] (t5) {}
to[R,l=$r_{e}$,name=Re] ++(0,-2) node [coordinate] (t6) {}
(bi|-t3)--(t3)
;
\draw
($(rc)!0.5!(rc|-t6)$) node[coordinate] (t7) {}
(rc) to[C,l=$C_{cs}$,name=Ccs] (t7)
(t7) to[R,l=$r_{s}$,name=Rs] (rc|-t6)
(origin|-t6) to[short,*-*] (t6-|c)
;
%labels
\draw (origin|-t6) node [anchor=south] {$e$}
(t6-|c) node [anchor=south] {$e$}
(c) node [anchor=north] {$c$}
(origin) node [anchor=north] {$b$}
(bx) node [anchor=north] {$bx$}
(bi) node [anchor=south] {$bi$}
(ci) node [anchor=south east] {$ci$}
(t5) node [anchor=south] {$ei$};
%nonlinear lines (messy)
\begin{scope}[thick]
\def\doff{0.1}
%horizontal Resistors
\draw ($(Rbi.sw)-(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(Rbi.sw)+(0,-\doff)$)
-- ($(Rbi.ne)+(0,\doff)$) -- ($(Rbi.ne)+(0.2,\doff)$)
($(Rci.sw)-(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(Rci.sw)+(0,-\doff)$)
-- ($(Rci.ne)+(0,\doff)$) -- ($(Rci.ne)+(0.2,\doff)$);
%horizontal Capacitors
\draw ($(Cbc.nw)+(-0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(Cbc.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(Cbc.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(Cbc.se)-(-0.2,\doff)$)
($(Cbcx.nw)+(-0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(Cbcx.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(Cbcx.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(Cbcx.se)-(-0.2,\doff)$)
($(c1.nw)+(-0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(c1.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(c1.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(c1.se)-(-0.2,\doff)$);
%vertical curr
\draw ($(c3.nw)+(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(c3.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(c3.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(c3.se)-(0.2,\doff)$)
($(c2.nw)+(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(c2.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(c2.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(c2.se)-(0.2,\doff)$);
% Vertical c
\draw ($(qbe.nw)+(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(qbe.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(qbe.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(qbe.se)-(0.2,\doff)$)
($(Ccs.nw)+(0.2,\doff)$) -- ($(Ccs.nw)+(0,\doff)$)
-- ($(Ccs.se)-(0,\doff)$) -- ($(Ccs.se)-(0.2,\doff)$);
\end{scope}
\end{circuitikz}
\end{document}
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