Transient bounding in networks with distributed and lumped parameters

Author

Marinov, Corneliu A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electrotech., Polytech.. Univ. of Bucharest, Romania

Volume

45

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

25

Abstract

For a general network with distributed parameter lines (described by telegraph equations) with nodes grounded by RC lumped elements, upper and lower bounds of voltage at any point are given. Thus, the problem of bounding the delay time in such networks comes to solve a system of nonlinear algebraic inequalities. For tree-type circuits, we give two algorithms, doing this rapidly and providing reasonable tight bounds. The results are of interest for timing analysis of MOS interconnection structures

Keywords

distributed parameter networks; lumped parameter networks; transient analysis; MOS interconnection; RC lumped element; algorithm; delay time; distributed parameter line; network; nonlinear algebraic inequality; telegraph equation; timing; transient bounding; tree-type circuit; Circuit simulation; Delay effects; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Laplace equations; Nonlinear equations; Telegraphy; Very large scale integration; Voltage; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1057-7122

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/81.660746

Filename

660746