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
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