Signal integrity analysis has become imperative for high-speed designs. In
this paper, we present a new technique to advance Krylov-space-based passiv
e model-reduction algorithms to include distributed interconnects described
by telegrapher's equations. Interconnects can be lossy, coupled, and can i
nclude frequency-dependent parameters. In the proposed scheme, transmission
-line subnetworks are treated with closed-form stamps obtained using matrix
-exponential Pade, where the coefficients describing the model are computed
a priori and analytically. In addition, a technique is given to guarantee
that the contribution of these stamps to the modified nodal analysis formul
ation leads to a passive macromodel.