An unconditionally stable finite-element timedomain layered domain-decomposition algorithm for simulating 3D high-speed circuits

Author

Xiaolei Li ; Jian-Ming Jin

Author_Institution

Dept. of SPB Anal., Cadence Design Syst., Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

162

Abstract

Full-wave analysis has become critical to the signal integrity of 3D high-speed circuits due to increased electromagnetic (EM) effects. The finite-element time-domain (FETD) method has become a strong candidate among different EM algorithms and domain decomposition methods have been proposed to avoid the need to solve a global matrix equation in FETD. In this work, a novel unconditionally stable FETD-based domain-decomposition algorithm, named the layered domain decomposition (LADD), is proposed for the simulation of 3D high-speed circuits.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; finite element analysis; three-dimensional integrated circuits; 3D high-speed circuits; FETD method; LADD; electromagnetic effects; finite-element time-domain method; full-wave analysis; signal integrity; unconditionally stable layered domain-decomposition algorithm; Equations; Finite element methods; Geometry; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Matrix decomposition; Time domain analysis; 3D circuits; domain decomposition; finite element method; time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS), 2012 IEEE 21st Conference on

Conference_Location

Tempe, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2539-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2537-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPS.2012.6457867

Filename

6457867