Transmission line simulator as a basic component of CAD system for VLSI interconnects

Author

Liao, J.C. ; Palusinski, O.A. ; Prince, J.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

21-23 Mar 1990

Firstpage

840

Lastpage

846

Abstract

A transmission line simulator, UANTL (University of Arizona Simulator for Nonlinear Terminated Transmission Line Network), its algorithm, and its application are presented. The role of UANTL as a basic element of a CAD system for VLSI interconnects is described. UANTL is simpler to use than SPICE because its input data file is not so complex. In the case of simple interconnections composed of two to three conductors, the CPU time required for the simulation with UANTL is, in general, an order less than that required for SPICE simulation. This CPU time savings will increase substantially for interconnections with four or more conductors

Keywords

VLSI; circuit analysis computing; transmission lines; transmission networks; CAD system; SPICE simulation; UANTL; University of Arizona Simulator for Nonlinear Terminated Transmission Line Network; VLSI interconnects; transmission line simulator; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Conductors; Distributed parameter circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Multiconductor transmission lines; Propagation losses; Transmission lines; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1990. Conference Proceedings., Ninth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2030-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1990.101707

Filename

101707