Analytical timing model for inductance-dominant interconnect based on traveling wave propagation

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-911

  Ding, Wen ^a   Wang, Gaofeng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inductance; Interconnect; Timing modeling; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE LOADS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; COUPLED INTERCONNECTS; DECOUPLING TECHNIQUES; INDUCTANCE CAPACITANCES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS; INTERCONNECT; SPICE MODELS; TIMING MODELING; TIMING MODELS; TRANSMISSION LINES; TRAVELING WAVE;

INDUCTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TIME MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 67349243630     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2008.11.061     Document Type: Article

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