A twisted-bundle layout structure for minimizing inductive coupling noise

In this paper, we propose a novel twisted-bundle layout structure for minimizing inductive coupling noise. In this structure, we create several routing regions and re-order the routing of nets in each of these routing regions. The purpose is to create complementary and opposite current loops in the twisted-bundle layout structure, such that the magnetic fluxes arising from any signal net within a twisted group cancel each other in the current loop of a net of interest. The effectiveness of the twisted-bundle structure in minimizing coupling inductance has been verified by the application of FastHenry extraction on a 16-bit bus structure. We achieve about two orders of magnitude reduction in inductive coupling. SPICE simulations also show that the 16-bit twisted-bundle bus structure is able to maintain high signal integrity at high frequency of operation.