Application of the latency insertion method to circuits with blackbox macromodel representation

Abstract

In this work the latency insertion method (LIM) is applied to the treatment of blackbox networks described by their frequency-domain scattering parameters. The method allows the simulation of passive macromodels in the LIM environment. This generalization allows LIM to simulate subnetworks with frequency-dependent parameters describing phenomena such as skin effect and substrate loss. The derivation of the algorithms is presented as well as simulation results to validate the method.