Microprocessor On-Chip Power Distribution Network Modeling

Intel Corporation, Strategic CAD Labs Engineering, 2003-04

Liaison(s): Eli Chiprout
Advisor(s): David Harris
Students(s): Shamit Grover (PM), Kyle Kelley, Quan Quach, Kim Shultz

On-chip inductance is becoming increasingly significant as microprocessors get faster. To test whether self and mutual inductance need to be included in a power distribution network (PDN) model, the Clinic team has developed a full RLCM model of a chip’s PDN and has used this model to determine the effects of removing circuit elements on the accuracy of predicted voltages and on the frequency response of the model.