Rigorous Full-Wave Resistance and Inductance Computation of 3-D Interconnects

A full-wave technique to rigorously extract the resistance and the inductance of 3-D interconnects is proposed. A novel and full 3-D differential surface admittance operator and a boundary integral equation approach are combined in a circuit interpretation which provides a simple way to evaluate the characteristics of the interconnects. The method is accurate for various examples over a broad frequency range, thus conforming its appositeness for the modeling of 3-D interconnects.