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Dc Power-Bus Modeling And Design With A Mixed-Potential Integral-Equation Formulation And Circuit Extraction, Jun Fan, James L. Drewniak, Hao Shi, James L. Knighten Nov 2001

Dc Power-Bus Modeling And Design With A Mixed-Potential Integral-Equation Formulation And Circuit Extraction, Jun Fan, James L. Drewniak, Hao Shi, James L. Knighten

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Application of a circuit extraction approach based on a mixed-potential integral equation formulation (CEMPIE) for dc power-bus modeling in high-speed digital designs is detailed herein. Agreement with measurements demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach. Dielectric losses are included into the calculation of Green's functions, and thus, incorporated into the rigorous first principles formulation. A SPICE model is then extracted from the discretized integral equation. A quasistatic approximation is used for Green's functions to keep the extracted circuit elements frequency independent. Previous work has established a necessary meshing criterion in order to ensure accuracy for a given substrate thickness and dielectric …


Including Smt Ferrite Beads In Dc Power Bus And High-Speed I/O Line Modeling, Jun Fan, Shaofeng Luan, James L. Drewniak Aug 2001

Including Smt Ferrite Beads In Dc Power Bus And High-Speed I/O Line Modeling, Jun Fan, Shaofeng Luan, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Surface mount technology (SMT) ferrite beads are often used in high-speed digital circuit designs to mitigate noise. The common modeling approach is to include SMT ferrite beads as equivalent lumped LCR circuits. The work presented in this paper included SMT ferrite beads as a frequency-dependent impedance in a PEEC-like modeling tool denoted CEMPIE, a circuit extraction approach based on a mixed-potential integral equation formulation. Agreement with measurements demonstrates the approach. The applications shown are segmentation of power areas for noise isolation, and I/O line filtering.


Modeling Dc Power-Bus Structures With Vertical Discontinuities Using A Circuit Extraction Approach Based On A Mixed-Potential Integral Equation, Jun Fan, Hao Shi, Antonio Orlandi, James L. Knighten, James L. Drewniak May 2001

Modeling Dc Power-Bus Structures With Vertical Discontinuities Using A Circuit Extraction Approach Based On A Mixed-Potential Integral Equation, Jun Fan, Hao Shi, Antonio Orlandi, James L. Knighten, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The DC power-bus is a critical aspect in high-speed digital circuit designs. A circuit extraction approach based on a mixed-potential integral equation is presented herein to model arbitrary multilayer power-bus structures with vertical discontinuities that include decoupling capacitor interconnects. Green's functions in a stratified medium are used and the problem is formulated using a mixed-potential integral equation approach. The final matrix equation is not solved, rather, an equivalent circuit model is extracted from the first-principles formulation. Agreement between modeling and measurements is good, and the utility of the approach is demonstrated for DC power-bus design.