A novel broadband boundary element approach for RL-extraction in lossy 3D interconnects

Author

Al-Qedra, Mohammed ; Aronsson, Jonatan ; Okhmatovski, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

9-12 May 2010

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

42

Abstract

A new methodology for inductance extraction in 3D interconnects is presented. Volumetric current density is cast into the form of the unknown surface current density weighted by the exponential function corresponding to the skin-effect field attenuation. The approach reduces governing magneto-quasi-static volumetric integral equation to an equivalent surface integral equation. Such reduction allows for accurate broadband boundary element formulation of the RL extraction problem.

Keywords

boundary integral equations; boundary-elements methods; current density; inductance; integrated circuit interconnections; skin effect; RL extraction problem; RL-extraction; broadband boundary element approach; equivalent surface integral equation; exponential function; inductance extraction; lossy 3D interconnects; magneto quasistatic volumetric integral equation; skin effect field attenuation; volumetric current density; Attenuation; Conducting materials; Conductors; Current density; Frequency; Inductance; Integral equations; Magnetic confinement; Packaging; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Propagation on Interconnects (SPI), 2010 IEEE 14th Workshop on

Conference_Location

Hildesheim

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7611-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPI.2010.5483584

Filename

5483584