DocumentCode
516380
Title
Combined strategies for exploiting time domain and iteration latency in the circuit simulator TITAN
Author
Schultz, Reinhart ; Wever, Utz
Author_Institution
ZFE SPT 32, SIEMENS AG, Munich, Germany
Volume
1
fYear
1990
fDate
19-21 Sept. 1990
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
56
Abstract
In order to speed up transient analysis a combination of local timestep control for computing circuit blocks and a bypass strategy for evaluating the nonlinear device equations during Newton iteration is considered. Examples are given which demonstrate that by combining the two concepts a total saving of computational expense is obtained which significantly exceeds that for each concept used separately.
Keywords
Newton method; circuit simulation; nonlinear equations; time-domain analysis; transient analysis; Newton iteration; TITAN circuit simulator; circuit blocks; iteration latency; local timestep control; nonlinear device equations; time domain; transient analysis; Analytical models; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Delay; Equations; SPICE; Time domain analysis; Transient analysis; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1990. ESSCIRC '90. Sixteenth European
Conference_Location
Grenoble
Print_ISBN
2-86332-087-4
Type
conf
Filename
5467992
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