Transient Analysis of Dispersive VLSI Interconnects Terminated in Nonlinear Loads

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

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1258-1277

  Wang, Rui ^a   Wing, Omar ^b  

^a CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISPERSIVE VLSI INTERCONNECTS; ECL CIRCUITS; MULTICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR LOADS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM RELAXATION METHOD;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0026929084     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.170989     Document Type: Article

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