Large-scale capacitance calculation

We describe a new method for accurate large-scale capacitance calculations. The algorithm uses an integral equation formulation, but with a new representation for charge distributions that decouples charge variation from conductor geometry. This separation signi cantly reduces the problem size compared to a traditional discretization, resulting in a large speed increase. The full capacitance matrix of typical interconnect problems with thousands of nets can be computed in a few hours.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: DAC
• Authors: Sharad Kapur, David E. Long
• Keywords: Capacitance Matrix, DAC 2000, Design Automation, Integral Equation Formulation, Large-scale Capacitance Calculations