Patent ID: 8095352
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer modeling system comprising: a database comprising a set of one or more macromodels; and a processor that has at least one input that receives parameters related to one or more electrical transmission lines, the parameters representing one or more physical characteristics and one or more electrical characteristics of the one or more electrical transmission lines, the processor is configured to apply the parameters in a simulation to determine an electrical behavior of the one or more electrical transmission lines, wherein the applied parameters comprise at least one parameter that varies according to frequency and at least one parameter that is input as a matrix, and the processor is configured to perform an automatic selection process for selecting a macromodel from the set of the one or more macromodels for each of the one or more electrical transmission lines to simulate the one or more electrical transmission lines, the selection of the macromodel being performed by comparing a total distortion, determined using a matrix norm of at least some of the parameters, to an error threshold, wherein the processor is configured to provide a generated transmission line macromodel corresponding to the selected macromodel for said each of the one or more electrical transmission lines to an electrical circuit simulator program.