A coupled efficient and systematic full-wave time-domain macromodeling and circuit simulation method for signal integrity analysis of high-speed interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 213-223

  Li, Er Ping ^a   Liu, En Xiao ^a   Li, Le Wei ^a   Leong, Mook Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FDTD method; High speed interconnects; Macromodeling; Rational function approximation; S parameter; Signal integrity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECTS; RATIONAL FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; SIGNAL INTEGRITY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442447244     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2004.825448     Document Type: Article

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