Use of the finite element method for the modeling of multi-layered power/ground planes with small features

Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1630-1635

  Bharath, Krishna ^a   Choi, Jae Young ^a   Swaminathan, Madhavan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TRIANGULAR MESHES; ADMITTANCE MATRICES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; MULTI-LAYERED; SMALL FEATURES; SQUARE MESHES; VERTICAL COUPLING;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; SPICE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70349655235     PISSN: 05695503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECTC.2009.5074233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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