Power systems for modern complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology
are becoming harder to design. One design methodology is to identify a target impedance to …

Simultaneous switching noise (SSN) has become a major bottleneck in high speed digital
design. For future systems, modeling SSN can be complex: due to the thousands of …

A SPICE model for power plane simulation has been developed. It is based on the geometries
and materials of the power planes and uses a unit cell composed of RLC elements, …

CMOS circuits on printed circuit boards with continuous power planes require decoupling
capacitors to keep power supply within specification, provide signal integrity and reduce EMC/…

Discrete ceramic capacitors are used to achieve a low power supply impedance in the MHz
range. The traditional series RLC circuit model for discrete capacitors is inadequate for low …

Detailed examination of yield data from several different products in two different technologies
and two different wafer sizes has shown a pronounced radial dependence. In all cases, …

We report on a new wafer‐level isothermal Joule‐heated electromigration test which allows
rapid testing of integrated‐circuit interconnects. This test can be used to investigate the …

The power distribution system will become an increasingly important package design
consideration for computer systems such as the Sun Microsystems desktop workstation, at least as …

The high activity of adenylosuccinate (SAMP) lyase found in rat breast tumor, and its relative
absence from normal rat breast tissue, suggests that it may serve as an indicator for human …

… Larry D. Smith (S’75-M75) received the BSEE degree from Rose Hulman Institute of
Technology, Terre Haute, IN, in 1975. and the MS degree in material science with a …