An integrated approach for electrical performance analysis of multichip modules

Abstract

The authors describe an integrated approach to evaluate the electrical performance of multichip modules. A software system consisting of modeling and simulation tools to extract geometry from a placement and routing system, compute electrical parasiticsm, and create equivalent circuit files to perform circuit simulations has been developed. This tool was used in designing an i486 microprocessor-based multichip module. Typical results from the analysis are presented.<>