Analysis and Justi cation of a Simple, Practical 2 1/2-D Capacitance Extraction Methodology

Analysis and Justification of a Simple, Practical 2 1/2-D Capacitance Extraction Methodology

Modeling and extraction of interconnect capacitances for multilayer VLSI circuits

We report an accurate and practical method of estimating interconnect capacitances for a given circuit layout. The method extraction of the complete circuit level capacitances at each node in the circuit. The layout geometry is reduced into base elements that consist of different vertical profiles at each node in the layout. Accurate analytical models are developed for calculating capacitances ...

Boundary Element Method Macromodels for 2-D Hierarchical Capacitance Extraction†

A 2-D hierarchical field solution method was recently introduced for capacitance extraction for VLSI interconnect modeling. In this paper, we present several extensions to the method including a Boundary Element Method (BEM) formulation for creating macromodels, which provides a better trade-off between accuracy and efficiency, as well as parameterized elements, which allow the analysis of grid...

A Unified RLC Model for High-Speed On-Chip Interconnects

In this paper, we propose a compact on-chip interconnect model for full-chip simulation. The model consists of two components, a quasi-three-dimensional (3-D) capacitance model and an effective loop inductance model. In the capacitance model, we propose a novel concept of effective width ( ) for a 3-D wire, which is derived from an analytical two-dimensional (2-D) model combined with a new anal...

Analysis of Aeolian Vibrations of Transmission Line Conductors and Extraction of Damper Optimal Placement with a Comprehensive Methodology

Energy balance method is an effective and simple method which is used in the amplitude calculation of Aeolian vibration in transmission lines with Stockbridge damper. However, the accuracy of the results obtained by this method, heavily depends on the assumed mode shapes of the conductor vibration. In this study, by considering an appropriate model for the conductor vibration, a comprehensive m...