{"title":"A Non-Random Exploration based Method for the optimization of Capacitors in Power Delivery Networks","authors":"Seunghyup Han, M. Swaminathan","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231448","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a non-random exploration based method to optimize the response of power delivery network (PDN) using the minimum number of capacitors. Unlike previous optimization methods which are based on either full search or random exploration (machine learning etc), the present method requires few simulations to converge to the minimum decoupling capacitor solution. The results show that the proposed method is more robust based on comparisons.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131350133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Tunable Neural Network based Decision Feed-back Equalizer model for High-speed Link Simulation","authors":"Thong Nguyen, J. Schutt-Ainé","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231402","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a model combining a feedforward neural network (FNN) with a recurrent neural network (RNN) to model Decision Feed-back Equalizer (DFE). By using the FNN as the mapping between the tap values and the dynamic behavior of the DFE, a complete model of the DFE can be constructed for channel simulation. The paper shows a 2-tap DFE example in which excellent agreement between the model generated by the proposed method and transient simulation can be observed.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132327665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Venkatesh Avula, V. Smet, Y. Joshi, M. Swaminathan
{"title":"Augmented PEEC for direct time-domain thermal and power estimation of Integrated Voltage Regulator architectures arising in Heterogeneous Integration","authors":"Venkatesh Avula, V. Smet, Y. Joshi, M. Swaminathan","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231482","url":null,"abstract":"An enhanced PEEC model for periodic steady-state analysis is presented. It interprets a dynamical domain as a network of linear and switching elements and represents them with their augmented spectral equivalents. Its computational efficiency is verified on the thermal and power delivery analysis of integrated voltage regulator architectures.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115740394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3D Integration of Ka-band RFIC by Inductive Interchip Wireless Communication Using Figure-8 Coils","authors":"Masairo Usui, K. Shiba, M. Hamada, T. Kuroda","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231390","url":null,"abstract":"Inter-chip communications using inductive coupling with figure-eight coils for a Ka-band RFIC is presented. Compared with a conventional rectangular coil, the figure-8 coil achieves 15dB better interference rejection while the signal transmission is inferior only by 1 dB. The minimum coil pitch can be set to $250 mu mathrm{m}$, which is 44 % smaller than that of the conventional rectangular coil, contributing to the miniaturization of Ka-band RFIC’s.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122134525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minsu Kim, Hyunwook Park, Seongguk Kim, Keeyoung Son, Subin Kim, Kyunjune Son, Seonguk Choi, Gapyeol Park, Joungho Kim
{"title":"Reinforcement Learning-based Auto-router considering Signal Integrity","authors":"Minsu Kim, Hyunwook Park, Seongguk Kim, Keeyoung Son, Subin Kim, Kyunjune Son, Seonguk Choi, Gapyeol Park, Joungho Kim","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231473","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose artificial intelligent (AI)router, a reinforcement learning (RL)-based auto-router considering signal integrity (SI), for the first time. Our algorithm has two main stages. At first, we design the transformer-based novel neural architecture considering the keep-out region, crosstalk region, and the number of vias for SI optimization. Then, the designed neural network is optimized by the policy gradient, one of the RL algorithms. Compared with the conventional maze routers, the A* algorithm, and the lee algorithm, it is verified that our AI-router outperforms the algorithms in terms of wire-length and crosstalk in a specific test case. Furthermore, it is shown that AI-router successfully performs multi-layer routing which is not feasible with conventional maze routers.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126926230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Accuracy of Cross-Talk Modeling in High-Speed Digital Circuits Using the Accelerated Boundary Element Method","authors":"Dongwei Li, Giacomo Bianconi, Swagato Chakraborty","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231413","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an investigation on how numerical thresholds impact the accurate modeling of cross-talk phenomena for typical interconnect structures in the context of the accelerated boundary element method. Furthermore, a canonical scenario is presented to expose the noise floor of the methodology and its relation to the accuracy controls involved in the solver.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"194 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122975315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of 90 Degree Corner Design for High-Speed Digital and mmWave Applications","authors":"H. Barnes, G. Bianchi, J. Moreira","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231371","url":null,"abstract":"The design of 90 degree corners has been an important topic since the start of microwave design several decades ago. With the arrival of standards like 400Gb Ethernet, 5G and WiGig, engineers are now required to create PCB designs with signals in the mmWave frequency range for consumer applications. In this paper we will do a quick review on the design of right angle corners for PCB construction and present some measurement results.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114247179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-FEC BER Performance Analysis for Multistage PAM4 Systems","authors":"Xiaoqing Dong, Chunxing Huang","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231441","url":null,"abstract":"In a multi-stage link system where forward error correction (FEC) encoding/decoding is only used in the end devices of the end-to-end link, mixed mode errors (random and burst errors) from each sub-link stage collectively impact the end-to-end link performance. This paper introduces an analytical method for evaluating RS-FEC performance in multi-stage PAM4 systems. Typical application scenarios include links with retimer(s), and electrical-optical-electrical (E-O-E) links such as 200GAUI-n/400GAUI-n systems. Simulations are performed to study the impact of sub-link stages on the overall system post-FEC BER performance.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122573863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyo-soon Kang, Ashkan Hashemi, Guang Chen, Xiaoping Liu, W. Beyene
{"title":"Analysis of Power Supply Noise Induced Jitter of I/O Subsystems with Multiple Power Domains","authors":"Hyo-soon Kang, Ashkan Hashemi, Guang Chen, Xiaoping Liu, W. Beyene","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231428","url":null,"abstract":"In high-speed interface designs, multiple power domains are used to improve the performance and minimize noise as well as jitter. Power supply noise induced jitter (PSIJ) is one of major sources of timing uncertainties. To analyze PSIJ, empirical methodologies are often derived in frequency and time domains using the individual DC delay (ps) and sensitivity (ps/mV) of key circuit blocks. In this paper, we examine the validity of PSIJ results from these empirical approaches by comparing those to the results obtained from transistor-based SPICE simulations of complete high-speed data and clock paths such as clock tree, phase interpolator, mux, and buffers under multiple power domains. The accuracy of PSIJ methodology of the overall Input/Output (I/O) subsystem is verified against the combined results of multiple circuit blocks when analyzed separately.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121324623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xianbo Yang, Junyan Tang, H. Torun, W. Becker, J. Hejase, M. Swaminathan
{"title":"RX Equalization for a High-Speed Channel based on Bayesian Active Learning using Dropout","authors":"Xianbo Yang, Junyan Tang, H. Torun, W. Becker, J. Hejase, M. Swaminathan","doi":"10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EPEPS48591.2020.9231471","url":null,"abstract":"Determining optimal equalization settings in highspeed bus design simulations is becoming more important due to increased complexity and data rates of current server systems, but it is also time and resource consuming. In this paper, a probabilistic machine learning technique, Bayesian Active Learning using Dropout (BAL-DO), is utilized to perform RX equalization and optimization to address this issue. Largest HEYE opening and corresponding equalization settings are obtained with high prediction accuracy without performing extensive time-domain analysis, thereby significantly reducing the cost of engineering time and computational resources.","PeriodicalId":323085,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 29th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121888839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}