Combined FDTD/Macromodel Simulation of Interconnected Digital Devices

  • Authors:
  • S. Grivet-Talocia;I. S. Stievano;I. A. Maio;F. G. Canavero

  • Affiliations:
  • Politecnico di Torino;Politecnico di Torino;Politecnico di Torino;Politecnico di Torino

  • Venue:
  • DATE '03 Proceedings of the conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Behavioral models of digital devices based on Radial Basis Functions (RBF) are incorporated into a Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) solver for full-wave analysis of in-terconnected drivers and receivers. This modeling strategy allows a very accurate and efficient full-wave solution of interconnection structures with possibly complex geometry including the nonlinear and dynamic effects of real-world digital devices, without the need of detailed transistor-level models. Examples of signal integrity and field coupling analysis are shown.