A frequency-domain technique for the optimization of the electrical performance of high-speed multiconductor transmission-line networks in VLSI regimes

摘要

An efficient technique for the optimization of the electrical performance of multiconductor transmission line and interconnect networks in VLSI regimes that is based on the minimization of an error function is described. The technique is particularly useful in the design of printed-circuit-board (PCB) interconnects as it significantly reduces the number of time- and/or frequency-domain simulations required to ensure the functionality of a system design. To demonstrate the usefulness of the technique, several numerical examples have been solved and validated by time- and frequency-domain simulations.