A simple SPICE model for coupled transmission lines

Author

Paul, Clayton R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

2-4 Aug 1988

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

333

Abstract

An exact model of a lossless multiconductor transmission line (MTL) is presented. The model is directly implementable in the SPICE code. It is therefore more readily available for use than a specially designed FORTRAN code. It is also an exact solution of the MTL equations, whereas most specially designed time-domain FORTRAN codes are approximate solutions. Implementation of the model in a SPICE code allows the incorporation of nonlinear terminations already present in SPICE. Therefore, a wide variety of electronic-circuit design problems can be investigated, and the actual crosstalk in a particular conductor interconnection pattern can be investigated. The model is suitable for use in the personal computer versions of SPICE; the predictions were obtained on an IBM PC AT using the demo version of PSPICE

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; electromagnetic interference; transmission line theory; IBM PC AT; PSPICE; SPICE model; conductor interconnection pattern; coupled transmission lines; crosstalk; electronic-circuit design problems; lossless multiconductor transmission line; nonlinear terminations; Conductors; Couplings; Crosstalk; Multiconductor transmission lines; Nonlinear equations; Predictive models; Propagation losses; SPICE; Time domain analysis; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1988. Symposium Record., IEEE 1988 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.1988.14137

Filename

14137