A general class of passive macromodels for lossy multiconductor transmission lines

Author

Dounavis, Anestis ; Achar, Ramachandra ; Nakhla, Michel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

49

Issue

10

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1686

Lastpage

1696

Abstract

This paper presents a general class of passive macromodeling algorithm for multiport distributed interconnects. A new theorem is described that specifies sufficient conditions for matrix-rational approximation of exponential functions in order to generate a passive macromodel. A proof is given showing that the currently existing passive matrix-rational approximation of exponential functions is a subclass of the generic approach presented in this paper. In addition, a technique to obtain a compact passive macromodel with predetermined coefficients, based on near-optimal approximation, is presented. The proposed model can be easily incorporated with recently developed passive model-reduction techniques

Keywords

circuit simulation; distributed parameter networks; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; multiconductor transmission lines; multiport networks; packaging; skin effect; IC interconnect analysis; circuit simulators; exponential functions; lossy multiconductor transmission lines; matrix-rational approximation; multiport distributed interconnects; near-optimal approximation; passive macromodels; predetermined coefficients; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Equations; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Multiconductor transmission lines; Propagation losses; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission line theory; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.954772

Filename

954772