Title :
Relative inductance extraction method
Author :
Shakeri, Kaveh ; Meindl, James D.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A new relative inductance extraction method is defined to solve massive coupled RLC interconnects. The new relative inductance generates a sparse inductance matrix. Therefore, it enables modeling of large circuits with reasonable speed and accuracy. It maintains accuracy for all frequencies, even for the cases that there are no near return paths. Simulations done for a 16 bit bus with each line divided into 16 segments show that this method is 4 times faster than using the dense inductance matrix.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; coupled circuits; inductance; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit metallisation; integrated circuit modelling; sparse matrices; 16 bit; dense inductance matrix; divided line bus simulations; large circuit modeling; massive coupled RLC interconnects; modeling accuracy; modeling speed; relative inductance extraction method; return paths; sparse inductance matrix; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Frequency; H infinity control; Impedance; Inductance; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microelectronics; Sparse matrices; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8495-4
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2004.1358862
