Including inductive effects in interconnect timing analysis

Including inductive effects in interconnect timing analysis has become increasingly important in today's deep submicron designs. In this tutorial paper we will describe the technology trends that brought us to this juncture, summarize when inductance should be included, and consider some of the extraction and modeling techniques available. This coverage will not be an exhaustive summary of all the extraction and analysis techniques available, but one that is primarily focused on extraction methods that efficiently capture frequency dependence due to proximity effects and moment-based analysis techniques.