THE OBJECTIVES AN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THEEUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT FP5/IST/CODESTAR

摘要

The paper presents the main scientific objectives and achievements of the FP5/IST Europeanrnresearch project entitled "CODESTAR - Compact modeling of on-chip passive structures at highrnfrequencies". The main goal of the CODESTAR project is the development of a code dedicated to thernelectromagnetic modeling and simulation of passive on-chip structures. First a detailed analysis of the testrnstructure is carried out using an electromagnetic field solver. The outcome of the field solver is a full netrnlist describing the detailed characteristics of the passive structure. This net list will be too large to bernuseful and therefore a systematic reduction of the net list must be done (I.e. reduced-order modeling). Thernresulting compact equivalent lumped-element model is inserted back into the full design scheme and therndesign cycle can be pursued. Parallel fabrication, characterization and evaluation of dedicated testrnstructures is carried out, in order to validate the CODESTAR-code. The matching between experimentalrnand CODESTAR simulation results is the measure of the project success.