Design and implementation of an integrated VLSI packaging support software environment

An interactive software shell has been developed which integrates several packaging simulation tools developed at the University of Arizona which are used to analyze electro-magnetic coupling between interconnects in an integrated circuit. This software shell uses experimental frames to manage this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whipple, Thomas Driggs, 1961-
Other Authors: Rozenblit, Jerzy W.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1989
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277105
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/277105
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Summary:An interactive software shell has been developed which integrates several packaging simulation tools developed at the University of Arizona which are used to analyze electro-magnetic coupling between interconnects in an integrated circuit. This software shell uses experimental frames to manage this simulation process. Through the experimental frames, the model descriptions and the model inputs are separated, and input data is verified for correctness. This model/input separation allows several model variations to be tested based on several input variations. The results of these simulations are then analyzed and displayed graphically. Further work for the software shell is discussed. This tool provides a user-friendly, efficient method for performing coupled-line analyses in interconnect systems.