Title :
A multi-core high-order A-stable and L-stable integration method for fast transient simulation of high-speed interconnect and transmission line circuits
Author :
Farhan, Mina ; Gad, Emad ; Nakhla, Michel ; Achar, Ram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper describes a multi-core algorithm for the Obreshkov Formula based high-order A-stable and L-stable numerical methods targeting transient simulation of interconnect and highs-speed circuits. The goal of the proposed algorithm is to efficiently simulate those circuits that arise from full-wave modeling of distributed passive structures such as transmission-lines, microstrip elements, and high-speed interconnects circuits. We show that the special mathematical formulation of these circuits enables decoupling of the matrix, whose factorization is required by the high-order method, into several matrices with smaller size that can be factorized in parallel on multi-core architectures efficiently.
Keywords :
multiprocessing systems; multiprocessor interconnection networks; transmission lines; L-stable integration method; L-stable numerical method; Obreshkov formula; distributed passive structure; factorization; fast transient simulation; full wave modeling; high order method; high speed circuit; high speed interconnect circuit; mathematical formulation; microstrip element; multicore algorithm; multicore architecture; multicore high order A-stable; transmission line circuit; Abstracts; SPICE;
Conference_Titel :
Signal and Power Integrity (SPI), 2012 IEEE 16th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1503-6
DOI :
10.1109/SaPIW.2012.6222918