Abstract
A time-domain integral-equation based hybrid electromagnetic (EM)-circuit (CKT) simulator that allows the signals (fields/voltages/currents) in each EM or CKT subsystem to be sampled and tracked using a local, subsystem-specific, time-step size is proposed. The proposed asynchronous time-stepping/coupling approach generalizes the standard synchronous time-stepping/ coupling approach, where all the signals in the entire system are tracked using one system-global time-step size. The nonlinear analysis of a bipolar junction transistor driven chip-to-package interconnect demonstrates that the asynchronous simulator exhibits improved accuracy, efficiency, and convergence.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 122-124 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2006 |
Keywords
- Extrapolation
- Hybrid simulators
- Nonlinear circuits
- Synchronization
- Time domain analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering