ANALYSIS OF MICROWAVE CAPACITORS AND IC PACKAGES

This paper presents quasi-static electromagnetic (EM) models for analy sis and design of microwave capacitors and integrated circuit (IC) pac kages. The theoretical background for modeling of open 3-D boundaries with finite difference method (FDM) is reviewed and the use of current simulation method (CSM) for inductance computation is proposed. Compu ted data for the capacitance and inductance of capacitors with complex three-dimensional geometries are verified both numerically and experi mentally, validating the proposed quasi-static models. Numerical resul ts for practical devices and IC packages are also given.