Title :
A Fast Capacitance Extraction Engine
Author :
Sun, Shilei ; Xue, Jintao ; Li Liu ; Wang, Gaofeng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Wuhan Univ.
Abstract :
A fast interconnect capacitance extraction engine is realized and presented here. Employing a fast multipole accelerated generalized minimal residual (GMRES) based three-dimensional (3-D) field solver, this software tool can quickly and accurately extract parasitic capacitances of arbitrary interconnects embedded in piece-wise constant dielectrics. This engine is also capable of performing fast and accurate capacitance extraction for critical nets in radio frequency (RF) applications, IC designs, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The architecture of this extraction engine is described. Numerical examples are included to validate the extraction engine and demonstrate the capabilities of this extraction engine
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; integrated circuit interconnections; micromechanical devices; radiofrequency integrated circuits; software tools; 3D field solver; GMRES; arbitrary interconnects; interconnect capacitance extraction engine; multipole accelerated generalized minimal residual; parasitic capacitances extraction engine; piecewise constant dielectrics; software tool; Acceleration; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Dielectric constant; Engines; Microelectromechanical systems; Parasitic capacitance; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2006. ICSICT '06. 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0160-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0161-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306230
