Title :
Application of qualitative imaging methods to electrical performance-aware package board design
Author :
Ambasana, Nikita ; Gope, Dibakar ; Chandrasekhar, Arun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
Package-board co-design plays a crucial role in determining the performance of high-speed systems. Although there exist several commercial solutions for electromagnetic analysis and verification, lack of Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools for SI aware design and synthesis lead to longer design cycles and non-optimal package-board interconnect geometries. In this work, the functional similarities between package-board design and radio-frequency (RF) imaging are explored. Consequently, qualitative methods common to the imaging community, like Tikhonov Regularization (TR) and Landweber method are applied to solve multi-objective, multi-variable package design problems. In addition, a new hierarchical iterative piecewise linear algorithm is developed as a wrapper over LBP for an efficient solution in the design space.
Keywords :
iterative methods; printed circuit design; printed circuit interconnections; radiofrequency imaging; system-in-package; CAD tools; LBP; Landweber method; RF imaging; SI aware design; TR; Tikhonov regularization; computer aided design; design cycles; electrical performance-aware package board design; electromagnetic analysis; hierarchical iterative piecewise linear algorithm; high-speed systems; multi-bjective multivariable package design problems; nonoptimal package-board interconnect geometry; package-board co-design; qualitative imaging methods; radiofrequency imaging; system-in-package; Crosstalk; Genetic algorithms; Image reconstruction; Optimization; Sensitivity; Tomography; Crosstalk; Interconnect Design; Linear Back Projection;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS), 2013 IEEE 22nd Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0705-2
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPS.2013.6703510