Modeling of power distribution networks for mixed signal applications

Author

Kim, Joong-Ho ; Swaminathan, Madhavan ; Suh, Youngsuk

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1117

Abstract

This paper presents a method for analyzing irregular shaped power distribution networks both in the frequency and time domain for mixed signal applications. Using a two dimensional array of distributed RLCG circuits, the impedances of a power/ground plane pair are computed. For the efficient computation of the power distribution impedances at specific points in the network, a multiinput and multi-output transmission matrix method has been used. This method is 7X-13X faster than SPICE and saves memory requirements

Keywords

electric impedance; frequency-domain analysis; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; power distribution; time-domain analysis; transmission line matrix methods; 2D distributed RLCG circuits array; RF circuits; analog circuits; decoupling capacitors; digital circuits; frequency domain; high-speed digital systems; irregular shaped power distribution networks; mixed signal applications; multi-input multi-output transmission matrix method; power distribution impedances; power/ground plane pair impedances; time domain; Circuits; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Frequency domain analysis; Impedance; Power distribution; Power systems; SPICE; Signal analysis; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2001. EMC. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6569-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2001.950574

Filename

950574