A fast algorithm and practical considerations for passive macromodeling of measured/simulated data

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-70

  Saraswat, Dharmendra ^a   Achar, Ramachandra ^a   Nakhla, Michel S ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algebraic riccati equation; Circuit simulation; Hamiltonian matrix; High speed interconnects; Measurements; Passive macromodels; S parameters; Tabulated data; Transient analysis; Transmission lines; Y parameters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTICHIP MODULES; RICCATI EQUATIONS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; HAMILTONIAN MATRIX; HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECT; PASSIVE MACROMODEL; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 2442417853     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2004.825477     Document Type: Article

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