Causality Enforcement in Transient Co-Simulation of Signal and Power Delivery Networks

Author

Mandrekar, Rohan ; Srinivasan, Krishna ; Engin, Ege ; Swminathan, Madhavan

Author_Institution

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

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

278

Abstract

This paper discusses a transient simulation method that co-simulates the signal and power delivery networks in a packaged system. The method includes a novel delay extraction technique that enables the enforcement of causality conditions on the resulting transient waveforms. This paper describes the application of the method on a number of test cases to account for electromagnetic parasitics and cross-talk, and shows the scalability of the method for performing large sized transient simulations

Keywords

circuit simulation; delay estimation; digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit packaging; causality enforcement; delay extraction technique; electromagnetic parasitics; power delivery networks; transient co-simulation method; transient waveforms; Computational modeling; Digital systems; Electromagnetic transients; Flow graphs; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency response; Passive networks; Power system transients; Propagation delay; Signal analysis; Causality; delay extraction; signal flow graphs; transient co-simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-3323

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TADVP.2007.896923

Filename

4214908