Title :
Successive asymptotic waveform evaluation of lossy distributed networks with nonlinear terminations
Author :
Liu, R.L. ; Zhang, Q.J. ; Nakhia, M.
Author_Institution :
ATI Technol. Inc., Thornhill, Ont., Canada
fDate :
12/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new technique is presented for the transient simulation of high-speed VLSI interconnects, modelled by lossy transmission lines with nonlinear terminations. The asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) technique is extended from analysing linear circuits to nonlinear ones. Significant central processing unit (CPU) speedup over conventional simulators such as SPICE is achieved
Keywords :
VLSI; distributed parameter networks; nonlinear network analysis; transient analysis; transmission line theory; CPU speedup; asymptotic waveform evaluation; central processing unit; high-speed VLSI interconnects; lossy distributed networks; lossy transmission lines; nonlinear terminations; successive asymptotic waveform evaluation; transient simulation;
Journal_Title :
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings
DOI :
10.1049/ip-map:19941529
