Systems, methods and computer program products for creating hierarchical equivalent circuit models

A method of creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, comprising:

• identifying a first group of components and a second group of components from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• defining at least one first global component and at least one second global component that have global component parameters that reflect aggregate parameters of the first group of components and the second group of components, respectively;
• modeling aggregate interaction between the first group of components and the second group of components as a plurality of interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component;
• and
• creating an equivalent circuit of the plurality of components using the first and second groups of components, the at least one first global component, the at least one second global component and the interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component that are modeled.

A method of creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, comprising:

• identifying groups of components from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• and
• hierarchically modeling aggregate interactions among the groups of components to create increasingly higher level circuit models until the equivalent circuit for the plurality of components is produced, wherein hierarchically modeling comprises:
• defining a plurality of global components that reflect aggregate parameters of the groups of components;
• and
• modeling aggregate interaction among the groups of components as a plurality of interactions among the plurality of global components.

A system for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of interconnects in a microelectronic device, comprising:

• means for identifying a first group of interconnects in the microelectronic device and a second group of interconnects in the microelectronic device from the plurality of interconnects;
• means for modeling aggregate parasitic coupling of the first group of interconnects to the second group of interconnects as a first global circuit node having current and voltage parameters that reflect the aggregate parasitic coupling of the first group of interconnects to the second group of interconnects;
• and
• means for using the first global circuit node to create an equivalent circuit of the first group of interconnects.

A system for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, comprising:

• means for identifying a first group of components and a second group of components, from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• means for defining at least one first global component and at least one second global component that have global component parameters that reflect aggregate parameters of the first group of components and the second group of components, respectively;
• means for modeling aggregate interaction between the first group of components and the second group of components as a plurality of interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component;
• and
• means for creating an equivalent circuit of the plurality of components using the first and second groups of components, the at least one first global component, the at least one second global component and the interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component that are modeled.

A system for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, comprising:

• means for identifying groups of components from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• and
• means for hierarchically modeling aggregate interactions among the groups of components to create increasingly higher level circuit models until the equivalent circuit for the plurality of components is produced, wherein the means for hierarchically modeling comprises:
• means for defining a plurality of global components that reflect aggregate parameters of the groups of components;
• and
• means for modeling aggregate interaction among the groups of components as a plurality of interactions among the plurality of global components.

A computer program product for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of interconnects in a microelectronic device, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• computer-readable program code that is configured to identify a first group of interconnects in the microelectronic device and a second group of interconnects in the microelectronic device, from the plurality of interconnects;
• computer-readable program code that is configured to model aggregate parasitic coupling of the first group of interconnects to the second group of interconnects as a first global circuit node having current and voltage parameters that reflect the aggregate parasitic coupling of the first group of interconnects to the second group of interconnects;
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• computer-readable program code that is configured to use the first global circuit node to create an equivalent circuit of the first group of interconnects.

A computer program product for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• computer-readable program code that is configured to identify a first group of components and a second group of components, from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• computer-readable program code that is configured to define at least one first global component and at least one second global component that have global component parameters that reflect aggregate parameters of the first group of components and the second group of components, respectively;
• computer-readable program code that is configured to model aggregate interaction between the first group of components and the second group of components as a plurality of interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component;
• and
• computer-readable program code that is configured to create an equivalent circuit of the plurality of components using the first and second groups of components, the at least one first global component, the at least one-second global component and the interactions between the at least one first global component and the at least one second global component that are modeled.

A computer program product for creating an equivalent circuit of a plurality of electric and/or electronic circuit components, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• computer-readable program code that is configured to identify groups of components from the plurality of electric and/or electronic components;
• and
• computer-readable program code that is configured to hierarchically model aggregate interactions among the groups of components to create increasingly higher level circuit models until the equivalent circuit for the plurality of components is produced, wherein the computer-readable program code that is configured to hierarchically model comprises:
• computer-readable program code that is configured to define a plurality of global components that reflect aggregate parameters of the groups of components;
• and
• computer-readable program code that is configured to model aggregate interaction among the groups of components as a plurality of interactions among the plurality of global components.