A semi-analytical quasi-static approach for substrate coupling modeling in VLSI circuits

This paper presents a method for modeling substrate coupling. It also derives closed-form expressions for evaluating coupling elements between two device contacts. Using these expressions, we develop a method for extracting substrate coupling elements in a multi-contact structure. A comparison between our technique and another from the literature for a multi-contact scenario demonstrates the efficiency of our technique.

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