Analysis of lossy multiconductor transmission lines using the asymptotic waveform evaluation technique

Author

Tang, Tak K. ; Nakhla, Michel S. ; Griffith, Richard

Author_Institution

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

Volume

39

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2107

Lastpage

2116

Abstract

A method is described for the transient analysis of lossy coupled transmission line networks with nonlinear elements. The method combines the asymptotic waveform evaluation technique with a piecewise decomposition algorithm. Two to three orders of magnitude speedup can be achieved relative to previously published methods with comparable accuracy. The method is useful for delay and crosstalk simulation of high speed VLSI interconnects

Keywords

crosstalk; delays; distributed parameter networks; linear network analysis; nonlinear network analysis; transient response; transmission line theory; asymptotic waveform evaluation; coupled transmission line networks; crosstalk simulation; high speed VLSI interconnects; lossy multiconductor transmission lines; nonlinear elements; piecewise decomposition algorithm; transient analysis; Couplings; Crosstalk; Delay effects; Integrated circuit interconnections; Multiconductor transmission lines; Nonlinear equations; Propagation losses; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission lines; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.106547

Filename

106547