Mixed mode circuit simulator SPLIT2 using dynamic network separation and latency

Author

Nishigaki, Masakatsu ; Tanaka, Nobuyuki ; Asai, Hideki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt-electron. & Mech. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1369

Abstract

The authors describe a mixed mode circuit simulator called SPLIT2. They suggest a dynamic network separation technique based on the tightness of the coupling between subnetworks at the level of the Newton-Raphson stage. First, the dynamic network separation algorithm is described. Next, this algorithm is introduced into the simulator SPLIT with hierarchical decomposition and latency. The validity of this mixed mode circuit simulator SPLIT2 is verified. SPLIT2 can select the direct method or the relaxation method and determine the block size of the latent circuit dynamically by using dynamic network partitioning

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; Newton-Raphson stage; SPLIT2; block size; direct method; dynamic network separation; hierarchical decomposition; latency; latent circuit; mixed mode circuit simulator; relaxation method; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Delay; Impedance; Jacobian matrices; Logic circuits; Logic gates; Matrix decomposition; Newton method; Relaxation methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0510-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1992.271085

Filename

271085