Scalable electromagnetic segmentation methodology for accurate investigation of inductive couplings

In this paper electromagnetic (EM) based segmentation methodology is proposed for design, analysis and simulation of inductive couplings in RFICs. The efficiency of the proposed methodology is demonstrated through its application to NXP-Semiconductors component and function-block test-carriers. The obtained simulation results are successfully correlated to measurement results and other relevant methods and techniques. Different segmentation strategies are compared to draw limits of cascade assumptions in comparison with full-EM model approaches and experimental results. Guidelines and design rules derivation towards standard segmentation-based scalable wideband model synthesis for electromagnetic Interference (EMI) aware design analysis, both at component and block levels are discussed.