Asymptotic waveform evaluation for transient analysis of 3-D interconnect structures

Author

Kumashiro, Shigetaka ; Rohrer, Ronald A. ; Strojwas, Andrzej J.

Author_Institution

NEC Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

12

Issue

7

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

988

Lastpage

996

Abstract

An approach to computing the time response of an arbitrary 3-D interconnect structure based on asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) is introduced. It has been implemented in a software tool called 3DAWE. To facilitate the application of AWE to a 3D RC mesh network model, the AWE formulation is rederived based on a nodal analysis approach. The ICCG matrix solver has been successfully applied in 3DAWE. It is shown that the typical transient response of a reasonably large 3D RC network can be obtained within a few minutes on a 15-MIPS computer using this program

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; linear network analysis; lumped parameter networks; transient response; 3-D interconnect structures; 3D RC mesh network model; 3DAWE; asymptotic waveform evaluation; matrix solver; nodal analysis; software tool; time response; transient analysis; transient response; Analytical models; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Equations; Integrated circuit interconnections; Random access memory; Time domain analysis; Transfer functions; Transient analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.238035

Filename

238035