Patent Application: US-88949704-A

Abstract:
a method and verification of estimating crosstalk noise in coupled rlc interconnects with distributed line in nanometer integrated circuits is provided . in this invention , nanometer vlsi interconnects are modeled as distributed rlc coupled trees . the efficiency and the accuracy of moment computation of distributed lines can be shown that outperform those of lumped ones . the inductive crosstalk noise waveform can be accurately estimated in an efficient manner using the linear time moment computation technique in conjunction with the projection - based order reduction method . recursive formulas of moment computations for coupled rc trees are derived with considering both self inductances and mutual inductances . also , analytical formulas of voltage moments at each node will be derived explicitly . these formulas can be efficiently implemented for crosstalk estimations .

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fig1 shows the flow chart of the crosstalk estimation algorithm in the disclosed invention . three input files should be included , which contain input signal 10 , circuit parameters of the lumped coupled rlc trees 12 , and the order q of the reduced - order model 14 . initially , in step 16 , calculate q - order moments { x 1 , x 2 , . . . x q }. then , in step 18 , construct q - order reduced - order mna matrices { circumflex over ( m )} and n . in step 20 , calculate the coefficients { b 1 , b 2 , . . . , b q } of the equation |{ circumflex over ( n )}+ s { circumflex over ( m )}|= 1 + b 1 s + b 2 s 2 + . . . + b q s q . step 22 updates the values of the moments according to the input signal . step 24 calculates the coefficients { a 0 , a 1 , . . . , a q − 2 } of the transfer function of the qth - order reduced - order model v ^ ⁡ ( s ) = a 0 + a 1 ⁢ s + … + a q - 2 ⁢ s q - 1 1 + b 1 ⁢ s + … + b q - 1 ⁢ s q - 1 + b q ⁢ s q by using the moments obtained in step 22 . then { circumflex over ( v )}( s ) is reformulated by the pole - residue form v ^ ⁡ ( s ) = k 1 s - p 1 + k 2 s - p 2 + … + k q s - p q and the resultant time - domain crosstalk noise will be { circumflex over ( v )}( t )= k 1 e p 1 t + k 2 e p 2 t + . . . + k q e p q t by applying the inverse laplace transform in step 26 . finally , step 28 estimates the peak value the crosstalk noise and the algorithm is terminated in step 30 . the dynamics of rlc coupled trees can also be represented by the following mna formula : ( s ⁢ [ m ^ d 0 0 0 c 0 0 0 l ] ︸ m + [ n ^ d - a d 0 a d t g a l 0 - a l t r ] ︸ n ) ⁢ ⁢ [ x ^ d ⁡ ( s ) v n ⁡ ( s ) i l ⁡ ( s ) ] ︸ x ⁡ ( s ) = [ 0 a s 0 ] ︸ b ⁢ v s ⁡ ( s ) ( 1 ) where ( s { circumflex over ( m )} d +{ circumflex over ( n )} d ){ circumflex over ( x )} d ( s )= a d v n ( s ) are the state equations of the reduced - order model of distributed lines ; v n ( s ) and i l ( s ) represent the node voltage vector and r - l branch current vector ; the matrices r , l , g , and c include lumped resistors , inductors , conductors , and capacitors ; and a d , a l , and a s are incidence matrices . let vector x k =[{ circumflex over ( x )} d , k v n , k i l , k ] t be the kth - order moment of x ( s ) about s = 0 . if q =[ x 0 x 1 . . . x q − 1 ] is used as the congruence transform matrix , then the mna matrices of the reduced - order model are obtained : { circumflex over ( m )}= q t mq and { circumflex over ( n )}= q t nq . thus , the kth - row and the ith - column entry of { circumflex over ( n )} and { circumflex over ( m )} become { circumflex over ( n )} k , l = x k − 1 t nx l − 1 and { circumflex over ( m )} k , l = x k − 1 t mx l − 1 , respectively . since the recursive moment formula implies n ^ k , l = ⁢ - x k - 1 t ⁢ mx l - 2 = ⁢ - ( x ^ d , k - 1 t ⁢ m ^ d ⁢ x ^ d , l - 2 + v n , k - 1 t ⁢ cv n , l - 2 + i l , k - 1 t ⁢ li l , l - 2 ) ( 2 ) where v n , k − 1 t cv n , l − 2 and i l , k − 1 tli l , l − 2 , related to lumped circuits , can be calculated by the technique : “ crosstalk estimated in high - speed vlsi interconnect using coupled rlc - tree models ”, which is proposed in proc . 2002 ieee asia pacific conference on circuits and systems by h . j . lee , c . c . chu , and w . s . feng . for { circumflex over ( x )} d , k − 1 t { circumflex over ( m )} d { circumflex over ( x )} d , l − 2 , the details will be shown as follows . a set of coupled rlc trees contains several individual rlc trees with capacitive and inductive couplings to each other . each rlc tree comprises floating resistors and self inductors from the ground and capacitors connecting between nodes on the tree and the ground . a tree with a voltage source connected to its root is called an aggressor tree ; by contrast , trees whose roots are grounding are called victim trees . by ignoring self inductances and mutual inductances , the conventional coupled rc - tree models are obtained . in this invention , coupled interconnects are modeled as coupled rlc trees for analyzing the crosstalk noises . to clearly describe the complex coupled rlc - tree structures , the invention first introduces the notation . consider a typical section of tree t i in coupled rlc trees shown in fig2 , where n j i is the jth node in the tree t i and f ( n j i ) is the corresponding father node of n j i . node n 0 i is the root of t i and f ( n 0 i )= φ . n i is the set of the non - root nodes in t i . s ( n j i ) denotes the set of the son nodes of n j i . each root node has only one son node . this study assumes that the conventional lumped model between node n j i and its father node f ( n j i ) on coupled rlc trees is replaced with a distributed line line j i , where n j i is the jth node in the tree t i . as a result , the network is mixed with lumped and distributed circuits . r j i , l j i , and c j i are the per - unit resistance , inductance , and capacitance of line j i . c j , j 1 i , i 1 and m j , j 1 i , i 1 are the total coupling capacitance and mutual inductance between line j i and line j 1 i 1 . cc j i and mm j i the set of total coupling capacitance and mutual inductance corresponding to line j i . in general , the coupling effect , especially with inductive couplings , is not restricted to arising between two closest neighbors . therefore , the proposed method will address the comprehensive circumstances that each set cc j i and mm j i may include several coupling capacitances and mutual inductances . p jk i is defined as the common path of the path p j i from n j i to the root of t i and of the path p k i from n k i to the root of t i . the set of ancestor nodes of n j i , defined as a ( n j i ), covers the nodes on the path p f ( j ) i from f ( n j i ) to the root of t i . let â ( n j i )={{ a ( n j i )− n 0 i }∪ n j i }. conversely , d ( n j i )={ n x i | n j i ∈ a ( n x i )} denotes the set of descendant nodes of n j i . we also define { circumflex over ( d )}( n j i )={ n j i ∪ d ( n j i )}. let v j i ( x , s ), i j i ( x , s ), and i c j i ( x , s ) be the transfer functions of the voltage , current , and capacitive current at coordinate x on line j i , where x = 0 and x = 1 correspond to the near end and the far end of the line , as shown in fig3 . applying the laplace transformation , the telegrapher &# 39 ; s equations of line j i can be rewritten as follows : ∂ v j i ⁡ ( x , s ) ∂ x = - ( r j i + sl j i ) ⁢ i j i ⁡ ( s ) - ∑ mm j i ⁢ ⁢ ( sm j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i j 1 i 1 ⁡ ( x , s ) ) ( 3 ) ∂ i j i ⁡ ( x , s ) ∂ x = - sc jt i ⁢ v j i ⁡ ( x , s ) - ∑ cc j i ⁢ ⁢ ( sc j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ v j 1 i 1 ⁡ ( x , s ) ) ( 4 ) where c jt i = c j i + σcc j , j 1 i , j 1 is the sum of the grounding capacitance and the coupling ones on line j i . expanding v j i ( x , s ), i j i ( x , s ), and i c j i ( x , s ) in power series , we have the kth - order moments v j , k i ( x ), i j , k i ( x ), and i c j , k i ( x ), which are the coefficients of s k , respectively . if k = 0 , each capacitor behaves as an open circuit , the zeroth - order current moment i c j , 0 i ( x )= i j , 0 i ( 1 )= 0 and the zeroth - order voltage moment v j , 0 i ( x )= v j , 0 i ( 0 )= v s i . for k & gt ; 0 , the kth - order moments i c j , k i ⁡ ( x ) = c jt i ⁢ v j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( x ) - ∑ c j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ cc j i ⁢ ⁢ c j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ v j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( x ) ( 5 ) i j , k i ( x )= i j , k i ( 1 )+∫ x 1 i c j , k i ( z ) dz ( 6 ) v j , k i ⁡ ( x ) = v j , k i ⁡ ( 0 ) - ( xr j i ⁢ i j , k i ⁡ ( x ) + ∫ 0 x ⁢ zr j i ⁢ i c j , k i ⁢ ( z ) ⁢ ⅆ z ) - ( xl j i ⁢ i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( x ) + ∫ 0 x ⁢ zl j i ⁢ i c j , k - 1 i ⁢ ( z ) ⁢ ⅆ z ) - ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ ⁢ ( xm j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( x ) + ∫ 0 x ⁢ zm j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⅆ z ) , ( 7 ) where eqs . ( 5 ) and ( 6 ) are derived from kirchhoff &# 39 ; s current law and eq . ( 7 ) is derived from kirchhoff &# 39 ; s voltage law . in this invention , i c j , k i ( x ) and v j , k i ( x ) are represented as polynomials and the corresponding coefficients are calculated , that is , i c j , k i ⁡ ( x ) = ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i ⁢ x n ⁢ ⁢ v j , k i ⁡ ( x ) = ∑ n = 0 p ⁢ ⁢ β j , kn i ⁢ x n ( 8 ) if k = 0 , zeroth - order polynomial i c j , 0 i ( x )= 0 and v j , 0 i ( x )= v s i imply that α j , 00 i = 0 and β j , 00 i = v s i . for k & gt ; 0 , substituting eq . ( 8 ) into eq . ( 5 ) gives α j , kn i = c jt i ⁢ β j , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i - ∑ c j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ cc j i ⁢ c j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ β j 1 , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i 1 ( 9 ) integrating i c j , k ( z ) dz from z = x to z = 1 and zi c j , k ( z ) dz from z = 0 to z = x , we have ∫ x 1 ⁢ i c j , k ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i n + 1 ⁢ ( 1 - x n + 1 ) ∫ 0 x ⁢ zi c j , k ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i n + 2 ⁢ x n + 2 β j , k0 i = v j , k i ⁡ ( 0 ) ⁢ ⁢ β j , k1 i = - r j i ⁡ ( i j , k i ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i n + 1 ) - l j i ⁡ ( i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i n + 1 ) - ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ ( i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 m ⁢ ⁢ α j 1 , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i 1 n + 1 ) ⁢ ⁢ β j , k ⁡ ( n + 2 ) i = 1 ( n + 1 ) ⁢ ( n + 2 ) ⁢ ( r j i ⁢ α j , kn i + l j i ⁢ α j , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i + ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ α j 1 , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i 1 ) , n ≥ 0 ( 11 ) the relations between the order of polynomials m and p and the order of moments k can be found from eqs . ( 9 ) and ( 11 ). first , m = 0 when k = 1 . second , from the third part of eq . ( 11 ), we have p = m + 2 . finally , from eq . ( 9 ), the order of polynomial i c j , k + 1 ( x ) is equal to p (= m + 2 ). as a result , by induction , m = 2 ( k − 1 ) and p = 2k are derived for coupled rlc trees with distributed lines . notably , all these coefficients can be generated recursively . after the coefficients αs and βs are computed , the moment model of coupled rlc lines can be established . from eq . ( 6 ), setting x = 0 , we obtain j j , k i = ∫ 0 1 ⁢ i c j , k ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k - 1 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i n + 1 ( 13 ) representing the summation of the capacitive currents of line j i . moreover , eq . ( 7 ) can be rewritten v j , k i ( 1 )= v j , k i ( 0 )− r j i i j , k i ( 1 )− e lm j , k i − e j , k i ( 14 ) e lm j , k i = l j i ⁢ i j , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) ( 15 ) e j , k i = r j i ⁢ ∫ 0 1 ⁢ zi c j , k i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z + l j i ⁢ ∫ 0 1 ⁢ zi c j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z + ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ ∫ 0 1 ⁢ zi c j , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = r j i ⁢ ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k - 1 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j , kn i n + 2 + l j i ⁢ ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k - 2 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i n + 2 + ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm j i ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k - 2 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j 1 , ( k - 1 ) ⁢ n i 1 n + 2 ( 16 ) e j , k i and e lm j , k i represent the voltage drops from voltage moment v j , k i ( 0 ), resulted from the kth - order and the ( k − 1 ) st - order capacitive current moment flowing through resistance and inductance of line j i , respectively . for coupled rc lines , e lm j , k i = 0 . the moment model of coupled rlc lines is depicted in fig4 . this invention uses a function , line ( n j i ), to indicate a line connected between nodes n j i and f ( n j i ), line ( n j i )= 1 , or not , line ( n j i )= 0 . thus the kth - order current moment i j , k i ( 1 ) at x = 1 can be obtained as below : i j , k i ⁡ ( 1 ) = i c j , k i + ∑ n x i ∈ d ⁡ ( s ⁡ ( n j i ) ) ⁢ ⁢ ( i c x , k i + line ⁡ ( n x i ) · j x , k i ) ( 17 ) next , the voltage moment v j , k i is also considered . first , the added current source induces further voltage drops through resistances and inductances at all nodes a ( n j i ), the set of ancestor nodes of n j i . second , the voltage source e j , k i cause voltage drops only between v j , k i and v d ( j ), k i . thus v j , k i can be obtained as follows : v j , k i = - ∑ n p i ∈ a ⁡ ( n j i ) ⁢ ( r p i ⁢ i p , k i ⁡ ( 1 ) + l p i ⁢ i p , k - 1 i ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ m p , p 1 i , i 1 ∈ ⁢ mm p i ⁢ m p , p 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i p 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) + line ⁡ ( n p i ) · e j , k i ) ( 18 ) finally , the recursive moment computation formulae can be obtained by incorporating the moment model of coupled distributed lines . from eq . ( 17 ), the recursive relationship of the kth - order current moments is given as i j , k i ⁡ ( 1 ) = i c j , k i + ∑ n y i ∈ s ⁡ ( n j i ) ⁢ ⁢ i y , k i ⁡ ( 0 ) ( 19 ) i y , k i ( 0 )= i y , k i ( 1 )+ line ( n y i )· j y , k i ( 20 ) each current moment can be calculated from the leaves to the root of tree t i . considering the relationships between voltage moments v j , k i and v f ( j ), k i , eq . ( 18 ) can be rewritten v j , k i = v f ⁡ ( j ) , k i - r j i ⁢ i j , k i ⁡ ( 1 ) - l j i ⁢ i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( 1 ) - ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ mm j i ⁢ ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁢ i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) - line ⁡ ( n j i ) · e j , k i ( 21 ) the computational complexity of the proposed recursive formulas of distributed models is o ( nk 2 ), where n is the number of nodes in the tree . on the other hand , that of lumped models equals o ( mk ), where m is the number of nodes in the tree . in general , $ m $ must be larger than nk so that the lumped model can be enough accurate . for { circumflex over ( x )} d , k − 1 t { circumflex over ( m )} d { circumflex over ( x )} d , l − 2 in eq . ( 2 ), proposition 1 shows the results . proposition 1 : the term { circumflex over ( x )} d , k − 1 { circumflex over ( m )} d { circumflex over ( x )} d , l − 2 can be calculated by evaluating the contribution of each distributed line . the contributions of a line line j i are ∫ 0 j ⁢ v j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ i c j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k + l - 3 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j , n i n + 1 ( 22 ) where a j , n i = σ p = max ( 0 , n − 2 ( l − 2 ( l − 2 )) min ( 2 ( k − 1 ), n β j , k − 1 , p i αj , l − 1 , n − p i and ∫ 0 1 ⁢ i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ e lm j , l - 2 i ⁡ ( z ) ⁢ ⁢ ⅆ z = ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k + l - 4 ) ⁢ ⁢ b j , n i n + 1 ( 23 ) where b j , n i is the coefficient of the term z n in the polynomial i j , k − 1 i ( z ) e lm j , l − 2 ( z ) which can be calculated by polynomial multiplication of i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( k - 2 ) ⁢ ⁢ 1 n + 1 ⁢ α j , k - 1 , n i ⁡ ( 1 - x n + 1 ) l j i ⁡ [ i j , k - 1 i ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( l - 3 ) ⁢ ⁢ 1 n + 1 ⁢ α j , k - 1 , n i ⁡ ( 1 - x n + 1 ) ] + ∑ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ∈ mm j i ⁢ ⁢ m j , j 1 i , i 1 ⁡ [ i j 1 , k - 1 i 1 ⁡ ( 1 ) + ∑ n = 0 2 ⁢ ( l - 3 ) ⁢ ⁢ α j 1 , k - 1 , n i 1 ⁡ ( 1 - x n + 1 ) ] moreover , subtle relationships between entries of { circumflex over ( m )} and { circumflex over ( n )} and simplification of { circumflex over ( n )} are summarized in proposition 2 . proposition 2 : let matrices { circumflex over ( m )} and { circumflex over ( n )} be the mna matrices for the reduced - order model that are generated by the congruence transformation q , where q =└ x 0 x 1 . . . x q − 1 ┘. thus entries of { circumflex over ( m )} and { circumflex over ( n )} have the following subtle relationships : 1 . { circumflex over ( m )} ij =− x i − 1 t nx j =−{ circumflex over ( n )} i , j + 1 2 . m ij = x j − 1 t mx i − 1 =− x j − 1 t nx i =−{ circumflex over ( n )} j , i + 1 the entries in the first column and the first row of matrices { circumflex over ( n )} have the relationships shown as below : 1 . { circumflex over ( n )} 11 = 0 ; 2 . { circumflex over ( n )} i1 ( i & gt ; 1 ), denoted as i 1j − 1 a is equal to the ( i − 1 ) st - order moment of the current entering node n 1 a in the aggressor tree t a ; 3 . { circumflex over ( n )} 1i =−{ circumflex over ( n )} i1 let v ( s ) and { circumflex over ( v )}( s ) be the step responses of the original model and the desired reduced - order model , respectively . technique disclosed in m . kuhlmann and s . s . sapatnekar , “ exact and efficient crosstalk estimation ,” ieee trans . computer - aided design , vol . 20 , no . 7 , pp . 858 – 866 , 2001 , suggested an appropriate formula of the q - pole reduced - order model { circumflex over ( v )}( s ) as follows ( as in step 24 ): v ^ ⁡ ( s ) = a 0 + a 1 ⁢ s + ⋯ + a q - 2 ⁢ s q - 1 1 + b 1 ⁢ s + ⋯ + b q - 1 ⁢ s q - 1 + b q ⁢ s q ( 24 ) which causes the approximate crosstalk voltage { circumflex over ( v )}( t ) to be zero for t converging to 0 and ∞. conventional moment matching techniques are often used to solve the unknown coefficients a i ( 0 ≦ i ≦ q − 2 ) and b j ( 1 ≦ j ≦ q ) by using the front 2q − 1 moments { v 1 , v 2 , . . . , v 2q − 1 } of the original model : v ( s )= v 1 + v 2 s + v 3 s 2 + . . . + v 2q − 1 s 2q − 2 + . . . in step 26 , eq . ( 24 ) can also be rewritten as the pole - residue form v ^ ⁡ ( s ) = k 1 s - p 1 + k 2 s - p 2 + ⋯ + k q s - p q ( 25 ) where p i for i = 1 , 2 , . . . , q are poles of { circumflex over ( v )}( s ) and each k i is the residue corresponding to the pole p i . by applying the inverse laplace transformation , we have { circumflex over ( v )} ( t )= k 1 e p 1 t + k 2 e p 2 t + . . . + k q e p q t in step 28 , the peak value of the crosstalk waveform will occur at time t = t m where { circumflex over ( v )}′( t m )= 0 and { circumflex over ( v )} n ( t m )& lt ; 0 . in the previous moment computations , the input waveform is assumed to be a step function . however , the input signal in step 10 may be with an arbitrary waveform . let the updated v ( s ) be v ( s )= m 1 ′ s + m 2 ′ s 2 + m 3 ′ s 3 + m 4 ′ s 4 m 5 ′ s 5 ( 26 ) for example , suppose that the input signal is a ramp function as follows : v ⁡ ( t ) = t τ ⁢ u ⁡ ( t ) - t τ ⁢ u ⁡ ( t - τ ) + u ⁡ ( t - τ ) where u ( t ) is a step function and 1 / π the slope of the ramp function . applying the laplace transform , we have v ⁡ ( s ) = 1 s ⁢ ( 1 - τ 2 ⁢ s + τ 2 6 ⁢ s 2 - τ 3 24 ⁢ s 3 + τ 4 120 ⁢ s 4 + ⋯ ) ( 27 ) m 1 ′ = ⁢ m 1 m 2 ′ = ⁢ m 2 - τ 2 ⁢ m 1 m 3 ′ = ⁢ m 3 - τ 2 ⁢ m 2 + τ 2 6 ⁢ m 1 m 4 ′ = ⁢ m 4 - τ 2 ⁢ m 3 + τ 2 6 ⁢ m 2 - τ 3 24 ⁢ m 1 m 5 ′ = ⁢ m 5 - τ 2 ⁢ m 4 + τ 2 6 ⁢ m 3 - τ 3 24 ⁢ m 2 + τ 4 120 ⁢ m 1 ⋮ to verify the accuracy of the proposed method , a coupling circuit but not limiting examples shown in fig5 are studied for crosstalk estimations . the squares represent the roots of the trees and and the circles stand for the leaves of the trees for crosstalk estimations . among all circuits , the line parameters are resistance : 35 ω / cm , grounding capacitance : 5 . 16 pf / cm , self inductance : 3 . 47 nh / cm , coupling capacitance : 6 pf / cm , and mutual inductance : 1 nh / cm . the wire resistance , capacitance and inductance are distributed per 100 μm . the loading of each line is 50 ff . we examine peak values of noises and peak noise occurring time for the cases with different circuit topologies , line lengths , coupling locations , effective driver impedances , and rising times . for the circuits in fig5 , the lengths of the coupling line of net 1 belong to the set l1 ={ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }( mm ) and those of net 2 are also in the set l2 ={ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }( mm ) that are never longer than the lengths of net 1 . each net 2 changes the coupling locations and shifts 1 mm each time from alignment at the near end of net 1 to that at the far end of net 1 . in each case , net 1 and net 2 are excited independently . in addition , four effective driver impedance pairs : 3 ω — 3 ω , 3 ω - 30 ω , 30 ω - 3 ω and 30 ω — 30 ω , which are connected to the near ends of the two nets , are examined . the voltage source connected to the aggressor net is a ramp function with two rising time 0 . 02 ns and 0 . 2 ns and with a normalized unit magnitude . thus , we have total 560 cases to examine accuracy of the proposed method . the conventional one - pole model ( 1p ) and two - pole model ( 2p ) and our new method with three - pole model ( s3p ), . . . , six - pole model ( s6p ) are investigated for comparison studies . absolute and relative errors of crosstalk peak values in comparison with hspice simulation results are summarized in tables 1 among the 560 cases , model 1p has unstable poles in 48 cases and model 2p is unstable in 98 cases . table 2 summarizes the computational times of moments and the relative errors of model s6p generated by lumped couple rlc - tree models with different number of sections per 1 mm long , to compare the efficiency and the accuracy between distributed lines and lumped ones . from simulation results , we have the following observations : 1 . the models generated by the proposed method outperform the conventional 1p and 2p models . thus these conventional models are no longer appropriate for coupled rlc trees . increasing the order of the reduced - order models allows the proposed models perform more accurately . 2 . from the viewpoints of the absolute errors in table 1 , model s3p , whose average errors are smaller than 10 %, seems acceptable for estimating crosstalk noise . however , the relative errors imply that model s3p seems not accurate as expected . model s6p is recommended to balance computational efficiency and estimation performance . 3 . the computational time of moments and the relative errors of model s6p yielded by the proposed method are 8 . 27 seconds and 5 . 15 %, respectively . table 2 displays that it must cost more than 271 . 96 seconds to obtain the same relative error by using lumped coupled rlc lines . obviously , the efficiency and the accuracy of distributed models outperform those of lumped models .