Modeling of Energy Dissipation in RLC Current-Mode Signaling

Author

Tuuna, S. ; Nigussie, Ethiopia ; Isoaho, Jouni ; Tenhunen, Hannu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Turku, Turku, Finland

Volume

20

Issue

6

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1146

Lastpage

1151

Abstract

In this paper, energy dissipation in resistance-inductance-capacitance (RLC) current-mode signaling is modeled. The energy dissipation is derived separately for driver, wire, and receiver termination. The effects of rise time and clock cycle are included. A realizable Π-model for the driving-point impedance of an RLC current-mode transmission line is derived. The output current of an RLC current-mode transmission line is also derived. The model is extended to multiple parallel coupled interconnects with inductive and capacitive coupling between them. The model is verified by comparing it to HSPICE in 65-nm technology and applied to differential current-mode signaling.

Keywords

RLC circuits; SPICE; capacitance; clocks; coupled circuits; current-mode circuits; driver circuits; electric resistance; inductance; integrated circuit interconnections; HSPICE; RLC current-mode signaling; RLC current-mode transmission line; capacitive coupling; clock cycle; driver; driving-point impedance; energy dissipation; inductive coupling; multiple parallel coupled interconnects; output current; receiver termination; resistance-inductance-capacitance; rise time; size 65 nm; wire; Capacitance; Driver circuits; Energy dissipation; Integrated circuit modeling; Power transmission lines; Receivers; Wire; Current-mode; energy; modeling; signaling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-8210

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVLSI.2011.2140345

Filename

5756689