Transient analysis of lossy transmission lines: An efficient approach based on the method of characteristics

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Grivet Talocia, Stefano ^a   Huang, Hao Ming ^b   Ruehli, Albert E ^c   Canavero, Flavio ^a   Elfadel, I M Abe ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Hilbert transform; Lossy transmission lines; Method of characteristics; Transient analysis

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MULTICHIP MODULES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; TRANSIENTS;

HILBERT TRANSFORMS; INTERCONNECT ANALYSIS; LOSSY TRANSMISSION LINE; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 2442568806     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2004.825467     Document Type: Article

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