• DocumentCode
    797383
  • Title

    Efficient Jacobian evaluation method in multimode hierarchical circuit simulation

  • Author

    Shi, K. ; Jastrzebski, A.K. ; Walczowski, L.T. ; Barnaby, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Eng. Labs., Kent Univ., Canterbury, UK
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    10/26/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1890
  • Lastpage
    1892
  • Abstract
    An efficient method for Jacobian evaluations in multimode hierarchical circuit simulation is presented. The method evaluates the Jacobian matrix based on the block Jacobian contributions which can be evaluated by various methods for different types of blocks to achieve both accuracy and efficiency. Comparison of the method with the forward-difference method shows considerable improvement in simulation efficiency and convergence
  • Keywords
    Jacobian matrices; circuit analysis computing; convergence of numerical methods; Jacobian evaluation method; Jacobian matrix; block Jacobian contributions; convergence; multimode hierarchical circuit simulation; simulation efficiency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19951320
  • Filename
    490639