Efficient method for simulating time delays of distributed interconnections in VLSI circuits

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 976-977

  Maffezzoni, P ^a   Brambilla, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE SPICE;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032626573     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990702     Document Type: Article

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