Title :
Simulation and modeling of the effect of substrate conductivity on coupling inductance and circuit crosstalk
Author :
Massoud, Yehia ; White, Jacob
Author_Institution :
Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The goal of this work was to simulate the effect of the finite conductivity of semiconductor substrates on the on-chip coupling inductance and then to investigate the effect of the on-chip coupling inductance on circuit crosstalk. In addition, the limitations of standard approaches for estimating coupling inductance are examined. A method for the reduction of the coupling inductance and its effect on circuit crosstalk is also discussed.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; crosstalk; earthing; electromagnetic coupling; finite volume methods; inductance; iterative methods; mesh generation; FastHenry program; circuit crosstalk; coupling inductance reduction; discretized equation; fast multipole algorithm; finite conductivity effect; ideal ground-plane assumption; magnetoquasistatic coupling; mesh formulation; modeling; on-chip coupling inductance; semiconductor substrates; simulation; two-loop model; Circuit simulation; Conductivity; Conductors; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Frequency; Inductance; Integrated circuit interconnections; Predictive models; Substrates;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TVLSI.2002.1043331
