Analysis of High-Speed VLSI Interconnects Using the Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation Technique

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 341-352

  Tang, Tak K ^a   Nakhla, Michel S ^b  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS - TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, DIGITAL - TRANSIENTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - POLYNOMIALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS - LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASYMPTOTIC WAVEFORM EVALUATION; CROSSTALK ESTIMATION; DELAY ESTIMATION; LUMPED RLC CIRCUIT; MULTICONDUCTOR TRANSMISSION LINES; VLSI INTERCONNECTS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, VLSI;

EID: 0026839946     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.124421     Document Type: Article

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