Full-wave Surface Integral Equation Method for Electromagnetic-circuit Simulation of Three-dimensional Interconnects in Layered Media
Abstract
A new full-wave surface impedance integral equation method is presented for
three-dimensional arbitrary-shaped interconnect parasitic extraction in layered media.
Various new ways of applying voltage and current excitations for electromagnetic-circuit
simulation are introduced. A new algorithm is proposed for matrix formation
of electromagnetic-circuit simulation, low frequency solution and layered media so
that it can be easily integrated to a Rao-Wilton-Glisson based method of moment
code. Two mixed potential integral equation forms of the electric field integral equation
are adapted along with the Michalski-Mosig formulations for layered kernels to
model electromagnetic interactions of interconnects in layered media over a conducting
substrate. The layered kernels are computed directly for controllable accuracy. The proposed methods are validated against existing methods for both electromagnetic and electromagnetic-circuit problems.
Subject
Full-waveSurface Integral Equation
Electromagnetic-circuit simulation
parasitic extraction
three-dimensional
interconnect
substrate
layered media
Citation
Karsilayan, Nur (2010). Full-wave Surface Integral Equation Method for Electromagnetic-circuit Simulation of Three-dimensional Interconnects in Layered Media. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2010 -05 -7668.