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Derivation of the maximum voltage drop in power grids of integrated circuits with an array bonding package

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2012

M. AGUARELES  and
J. de HARO
M. AGUARELES
Affiliation:
IMA, UdG, Campus Montilivi, EPS-Ed. P4, E-17071 Girona, Spain e-mail: maria.aguareles@udg.edu
J. de HARO
Affiliation:
MA1, UPC, ETSEIB, Av. Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain e-mail: jaime.haro@upc.edu
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Abstract

In this work we derive a formula for the maximum value of the voltage drop that takes place in power grids of integrated circuits with an array bonding package. We consider a simplified model for the power grid where the voltage is represented as the solution of the Poisson's equation in an infinite planar domain with a regularly aligned array of small square pads where the voltage is set to be zero. We study the singular limit where these pads' size tends to be zero and we derive an asymptotic formula in terms of a power series in ε, being 2ε the side of the square. We also discuss pads of more general shapes, for which we provide an expression for the leading order term. To deduce all these formulae we use the method of matched asymptotic expansions using an iterative scheme, along with conformal maps to compare this problem with the corresponding one when the pads are circular.

Keywords

Asymptotic Analysis of PDE'sWeierstrass's elliptic functionGauss constantConformal maps
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 797 - 819
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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