Waveform Relaxation-Based Large-Scale Circuit Simulation for MOSFET and Lossy Coupled Transmission Line Circuits

Abstract:

In this paper, we propose a modified Waveform Relaxation algorithm to perform large-scale circuit simulation for MOSFET circuits containing lossy coupled transmission lines that have been encountered in modern circuit design community, in which a full time-domain transmission line calculation algorithm based on the Method of Characteristic is adopted. New software techniques are proposed to enhance the robustness as well as efficiency of the simulation process. All proposed methods have been implemented and executed to justify the claimed advantages.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 383-390)
• Pages: 2031-2037
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.383-390.2031
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Chun Jung Chen, Chih Jen Lee, Chang Lung Tsai, Allen Y. Chang, Tien Hao Shih
• Keywords: Circuit Simulation, Relaxation-Based Algorithms, Transmission Line, Waveform Relaxation

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