Equivalent-circuit interconnect modeling based on the fifth-order differential quadrature methods.

This paper introduces an efficient and passive discrete modeling technique for estimating signal propagation delays through on-chip long interconnects that are represented as distributed RLC transmission lines. The proposed delay model is based on a less frequently used numerical approximation techn...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on VLSI systems 11, 6 (2003).
Main Author:	Qinwei Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Arbitrary point. Chip long interconnects. Closed domain function. Distributed RLC transmission lines. Equivalent-circuit interconnect modeling. Fifth-order differential quadrature methods. Finite difference methods. Grid points. Less internal nodes. Linear network. Numerical approximation. Partial derivative function. Passive discrete modeling. Passive order-reduction algorithm. Signal propagation delays. Weighted linear sum values.