NAME
ngmultidec - make ngpice sub-circuit for coupled transmission lines
SYNOPSIS
ngmultidec [ options... ]
DESCRIPTION
ngmultidec writes an ngspice input file to standard output which
describes a sub-circuit for coupled lines using uncoupled simple lossy
lines.
Each generated subcircuit models a 4-conductor transmission line with
the following parameters: length l, line capacitance c, line resistance
r, line conductance g, inductive_coeff_of_coupling k, inter-line
capacitance cm, length l. Derived parameters are: lm, ctot. The
values of l, c, the model name, the number of conductors and the length
of the line must be specified.
It is important to note that the model is a simplified one - the
following assumptions are made: 1. The self-inductance l, the self-
capacitance ctot (note: not c), the series resistance r and the
parallel capacitance g are the same for all lines, and 2. Each line is
coupled only to the two lines adjacent to it, with the same coupling
parameters cm and lm. The first assumption implies that edge effects
have to be neglected. The utility of these assumptions is that they
make the sL+R and sC+G matrices symmetric, tridiagonal and Toeplitz,
with useful consequences (see the paper referenced below).
It may be noted that a symmetric two-conductor line is represented
accurately by this model.
Standard C language scientific (exponent) notation may be used for
options’ numeric values.
OPTIONS
-osubcircuit_name
Set the subcircuit name
-lline_inductance
Set the line inductance.
-cline_capacitance
Set the line capacitance.
-rline_resistance
Set the line resistance.
-gline_conductance
Set the line conductance.
-kinductive_coefficient_of_coupling
Set the value of the inductive coefficient of coupling, whose
absolute value k must be less than 1.0.
-xline-to-line-capacitance
Set the line-to-line capacitance.
-Llength
Set the length of the line.
-nnumber
Set the number of conductors.
-u Write a usage message to standard error.
EXAMPLE
ngmultidec -n4 -l9e9 -c20e-12 -r5.3 -x5e12 -k0.7 -otest -L5.4 >
test.cir
SEE ALSO
Efficient Transient Simulation of Lossy Interconnect,
J.S. Roychowdhury and D.O. Pederson,
Proceedings of the Design Automation Conference,
pp. 740-745.
1991.
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=127601.127762
ngnutmeg(1), ngproc2mod(1), ngsconvert(1), ngspice(1), nghelp(1).
ngpice