Properties of mixed-mode parameters of cascaded balanced networks and their applications in modeling of differential interconnects

Author

Shi, Hao ; Beyene, Wendemagegnehu T. ; Feng, June ; Chia, Ben ; Yuan, Xingchao

Author_Institution

Rambus Inc., Los Altos, CA

Volume

54

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

372

Abstract

The cascading properties of general four-port networks are explored with respect to the standard to mixed-mode transformation of scattering matrices. Rigorous proofs are given to show that, for balanced networks, the odd-/even-mode scattering matrix of two cascaded networks equals the scattering matrix of the cascade of the respective odd-/even-mode networks. This concept is used to extract physical equivalent-circuit models for coupled backplane vias, differential package traces, and differentially routed data pins of XDR memory devices

Keywords

S-matrix theory; equivalent circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; multiport networks; XDR memory devices; cascaded balanced networks; coupled backplane vias; differential interconnects modeling; differential package traces; differentially routed data pins; equivalent-circuit; mixed-mode parameters; scattering matrices; Connectors; Data mining; Electromagnetic scattering; Electronics packaging; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Pins; RLC circuits; Semiconductor device packaging; Transmission line matrix methods; Cascaded network; XDR memory; differential interconnect; mixed mode; model extraction; scattering matrix;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2005.861654

Filename

1573833