New Method for Fast Transient Simulation of Large Linear Circuits Using High-Order Stable Methods

Author

Farhan, Mohd Aliff ; Gad, Emad ; Nakhla, Michel S. ; Achar, Ramachandra

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

661

Lastpage

669

Abstract

A new algorithm based on A -stable and L-stable high-order time-domain integration methods is presented for the simulation of large linear circuits such as those occurring in modeling chip interconnects and packaging structures. The proposed method takes advantage of the special structure of the mathematical formulation of circuits encountered in these applications to reduce the computational cost significantly. Several circuit examples are presented to demonstrate the speedup achieved by the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

linear network analysis; time-domain analysis; transient analysis; A-stable high-order time-domain integration methods; L-stable high-order time-domain integration methods; chip interconnects; fast transient simulation; high-order stable methods; large linear circuits; mathematical formulation; packaging structures; Complexity theory; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Linear circuits; Mathematical model; Transient analysis; Vectors; $L$-stability; $A$-stability; circuit simulation; high-order integration methods; high-speed circuits; linear circuits; multiderivative methods; numerical solution of differential equations; stiff circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCPMT.2012.2233545

Filename

6407945