On-Chip Inductance Modeling and RLC Extraction of VLSI Interconnects for Circuit Simulation

(cooperated with Synopsys Inc. and HP Labs, Palo Alto)



On-Chip inductance modeling of VLSI interconnects based on Synopsys Arcadia database is presented which captures 3-D geometry from layout designs and technology information. Analytical formulae for self/mutual inductance are derived for quick and accurate inductance estimation which can be used in circuit simulations and whole chip extraction screening process. Circuit simulations show critical global wire inductive effects as well as power and ground inductive noise.

A paper was presented at 2000 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'00, May, 2000).