A new integral-equation-based, full-wave layered interconnect simulator

Author

Zhu, Zhaohui ; Wang, Xing ; Dvorak, Steven L. ; Prince, John L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

9-12 May 2004

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Full-wave simulators are required for accurate modeling of high-performance, 3D interconnects. However, current full-wave solvers are too inefficient to handle large interconnect problems. In this paper, a new efficient, integral-equation-based, full-wave layered interconnect simulator (UA-FWLIS) is developed by using analytical methods and incorporating physics-based expansion function. The accuracy of the simulator developed using this strategy is validated by comparing with commercial simulator tools.

Keywords

circuit simulation; integral equations; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; spectral-domain analysis; 3D interconnects; Green´s function; UA-FWLIS; analytical methods; full-wave layered interconnect simulator; integral-equation-based interconnect simulator; large interconnect problems; physics-based expansion function; spectral domain technique; Computational modeling; Geometry; Integral equations; Message-oriented middleware; Prototypes; Scattering; Stripline; Testing; Virtual prototyping; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Propagation on Interconnects, 2004. Proceedings. 8th IEEE Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8470-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPI.2004.1408991

Filename

1408991