A Fast Method for Frequency and Time Domain Simulation of High-Speed VLSI Interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2562-2571

  Sanaie, Ramin ^a   Chiprout, Eli ^a   Nakhla, Michel S ^a   Zhang, Qi jun ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLES AND ZEROS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

COMPLEX FREQUENCY HOPPING; HIGH SPEED VLSI INTERCONNECTS;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0028735573     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.339797     Document Type: Article

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