Tools to aid in wiring rule generation for high speed interconnects

The MetaSim allows multiple simulation studies to be automatically specified, conducted, and analyzed in such a fashion so as to produce wiring rules for layout tools. The authors describe the operation of MetaSim and give an example of its use. One of MetaSim's current engines, Transim, is a convolution simulator that incorporates a robust, rapid, and accurate method for the simulation of coupled, lossy interconnect structures specified with frequency-dependent parameters. Transim solves the problem of incorporating transient circuit simulation with nonlinear devices, with transmission line simulation in the frequency domain.<
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