Parallel-distributed FDTD-based full-wave simulator for large-scale printed wiring boards

Author

Watanabe, Takayuki ; Asai, Hideki ; SASAKI, Tohru ; Araki, Kenji

Author_Institution

Sch. of Adm. & Informatics, Shizuoka Univ., Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

21-23 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

290

Abstract

This paper describes a full-wave EMI (electromagnetic interference) simulator for printed wiring board (PWB) design, with consideration of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and power/signal integrity. This simulator is based on the parallel-distributed finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, and works on a PC-cluster. Using our simulator, the full-wave analysis of the large-scale PWB in a real PDA device is demonstrated. As a result, the efficiency of the PWB design is improved.

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit simulation; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; finite difference time-domain analysis; notebook computers; parallel processing; printed circuit design; workstation clusters; EMC; PC-cluster operation; PDA device full-wave analysis; PWB FDTD-based simulators; PWB power/signal integrity; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; large-scale PWB full-wave EMI simulators; parallel-distributed finite-difference time-domain methods; personal digital assistants; printed wiring board design efficiency; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Costs; Electromagnetic compatibility; Finite difference methods; Large-scale systems; Personal digital assistants; Time domain analysis; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 2002 IEEE 11th Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7451-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEP.2002.1057934

Filename

1057934