Fast simulation of linear and lightly nonlinear VLSI circuit network

Author

Xinjian Cai ; Mao, Junfa ; Yang, Xiaoping

Author_Institution

Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

585

Lastpage

588

Abstract

A fast simulation algorithm in the time domain is presented for linear and lightly nonlinear VLSI circuit networks containing interconnects, based on the fact that the contribution of the linear circuit components to the admittance matrix [Y] in the modified nodal admittance (MNA) equations of circuit analysis is invariant with time. This algorithm improves the analysis efficiency greatly but doesn´t employ any approximation.

Keywords

VLSI; circuit simulation; electric admittance; integrated circuit modelling; linear network analysis; matrix algebra; nonlinear network analysis; time-domain analysis; MNA equations; admittance matrix; analysis efficiency; circuit analysis; fast simulation algorithm; interconnects; lightly nonlinear VLSI circuit network; linear VLSI circuit network; linear circuit components; modified nodal admittance equations; time domain anlysis; Admittance; Analytical models; Approximation algorithms; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Integrated circuit interconnections; Linear circuits; Nonlinear equations; Time domain analysis; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications, 1999. Proceedings. (ICCEA '99) 1999 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5802-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEA.1999.825251

Filename

825251