Interface Model Integrating Full-Wave Maxwell Simulation Models into Modified Nodal Equations for Circuit Simulation

Abstract

Circuit simulators used in semiconductor industry are based on lumped element models described in form of net lists. In order to be able to incorporate the mutual electromagnetic influence of neighboring elements (e.g. cross talking), one needs refined models based on a sufficiently exact discretization of the full Maxwell equations. Here, we present an interface model for such refined models that can be used for lumped circuit net lists.