Title
Library based macro-modeling methodology for Through Silicon Via (TSV) arbitrary arrays
Abstract
In this paper, a novel library-based macro-modeling technique is developed to extract equivalent RLGC model which is spice compatible for TSV arrays of any size N×M. The built model accounts for Through Silicon Via (TSV) parasitic dependence on the array structural parameters and the frequency dependent properties of the silicon substrate. The developed macro-model constructs an equivalent parasitic matrix that could be used by circuit simulators to estimate the maximum signal frequency as well as noise in the TSV array. The key idea of the macro-model is to partition any given TSV arrays into smaller and fixed-size arrays. Smaller arrays are characterized and their parasitic are stored in the library. Using a divide and conquer technique, the final solution of the TSV array is produced. A detailed comparison of the proposed macro-modeling technique against the parasitic extracted by microwave simulation, for different structures with different sizes, shows a maximum error of 10% and an average error of 5%. Furthermore, the performance of library based macro-modeling is order of magnitude faster than the microwave simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.mejo.2015.10.005
Microelectronics Journal
Keywords
Field
DocType
TSV arrays,Macro-modeling,3D IC,SiP and SoC
Microwave,Spice,Matrix (mathematics),Electronic engineering,Through-silicon via,Three-dimensional integrated circuit,Divide and conquer algorithms,Engineering,Order of magnitude,Silicon
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
12
0026-2692
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karim Ali11067.29
Eslam Yahya2255.94
Alaa El Rouby3153.22
Yehea I. Ismail4755116.82