Improving AWE accuracy using multipoint Pade approximation

Abstract

A new method is proposed for dominant pole-zero analysis of large linear circuits containing both lumped and distributed elements. This method is based on a multipoint Pade approximation. It finds a reduced order s-domain transfer function using a data set obtained by solving the circuit at only a few frequency points. The proposed method yields more accurate computation of transient and frequency responses with respect to the AWE-type techniques.