Samir M Hammadi

US Patent:

20040243373, Dec 2, 2004

Filed:

Jun 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/452820

Inventors:

Jeannick Sercu - Ghent, BE
Filip Demuynck - Ghent, BE
Hee-Soo Lee - Santa Rosa CA, US
Shihab Al-Kuran - Green Bank NJ, US
Samir Hammadi - Somerset NJ, US
Chun-Wen Huang - Edison NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F017/50

US Classification:

703/014000

Abstract:

Simulation of electromagnetic characteristics of an electrical circuit uses netlist data defining component instances, including layout component instances, and their topological interconnection in an electrical circuit. A circuit simulation is performed using the netlist data, involving use of a model for each said layout component instance. An attempt is made to retrieve an existing simulation model of the layout component instance from a database of such layout component simulation models. If no suitable simulation model can be found in the database, an attempt is made to interpolate a new simulation model from among existing simulation models in the database. If interpolation is determined not to be feasible, then an electromagnetic simulation of the layout component instance is performed to develop a new electromagnetic simulation model. This new model is used in the circuit simulation, and added to the database for future use.