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Abstract | ||
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We investigate appropriate regimes for transmission line propagation of signals on digital integrated circuits. We start from exact solutions to the transmission line equations proposed by Davis and Meindl (IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev., vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2068-2087, 2000.). We make appropriate modifications due to finite rise time. They affect the delay calculation and hypothesis pertaining to the constancy of the electromagnetic parameters. We study these effects in detail. To find the domain of physical variables where transmission line behavior is feasible, we pose the problem as a nonlinear minimization problem in a space spanned by two continuous variables, with four parameters. From the resulting solutions and employing monotonicity properties of the functional we extract regimes of validity. These regimes of validity happen to be commensurate with what is reachable and doable with current leading technologies. We complete this study with a qualitative analysis of driver insertion in the presence of transmission lines. The resulting configurations are suitable for the development of an improved clock design discipline. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2002 | 10.1109/ICCAD.2002.1167555 | ICCAD |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
circuit layout CAD,circuit optimisation,clocks,delays,digital integrated circuits,inductance,integrated circuit design,integrated circuit interconnections,integrated circuit modelling,minimisation,network routing,transmission line theory,clock design configurations,clock trees,continuous variable space,delay calculation,digital integrated circuits,driver insertion,electromagnetic parameters constancy,finite rise time,functional monotonicity properties,inductance coupling effects,interconnects,nonlinear minimization problem,physical variables domain,transmission line behavior,transmission line design,transmission line equations,transmission line propagation,validity regimes | Delay calculation,Monotonic function,Inductance,Transmission line,Computer science,Rise time,Electronic engineering,Electric power transmission,Integrated circuit design,Minimisation (psychology) | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
1092-3152 | 0-7803-7607-2 | 9 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.81 | 4 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Escovar | 1 | 9 | 0.81 |
| Roberto Suaya | 2 | 19 | 7.27 |