Title :
An efficient method for transient simulation of high-speed interconnects with nonlinear terminations
Author :
Farhan, Mohammad ; Gad, Emad ; Nakhla, Michel ; Achar, Ramachandra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a new method for a circuit-based transient simulation of large interconnects circuits terminated with nonlinear devices. The proposed method is based on high-order A-stable integration methods, known as Obreshkov-formula. The new method exploits the structure of the matrices resulting from applying Obreshkov-formula to achieve very high speedups. A numerical example is presented that shows the performance and accuracy of the proposed method.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; integrated circuit interconnections; Obreshkov formula; circuit-based transient simulation; high-order A-stable integration method; high-speed interconnect transient simulation; nonlinear device; nonlinear termination; Approximation methods; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Microwave circuits; Transient analysis; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS), 2012 IEEE 21st Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2539-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2537-0
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPS.2012.6457856