Novel Approaches for Mixed Circuit-Electromagnetic Design Automation Tools

拟议的研究计划，以及随之而来的资金申请，旨在为加拿大的信息和通信技术（ICT）部门带来新的解决方案。本应用的目标领域是微电子设计过程中使用的电子设计自动化工具。更具体地说，该应用程序考虑了电路和电磁仿真之间的接口的几个问题，并提出了在范围和范围上不同程度的跨学科性质的解决方案。例如，针对电路仿真领域中出现的问题提出的一些解决方案是基于气动和流体力学领域的仿真结果。电磁仿真领域的其他问题是基于电路仿真中出现的经典但迄今尚未开发的思想来解决的。更多需要同时模拟电路和电磁行为的问题也基于在这两个领域中提出的方法进行了探讨。最后，该应用程序认识到当前的过程设计环境需要考虑关键设计参数的不确定性，并提出了新的方法来量化设计性能中随之而来的不确定性。申请人将研究计划中概述的项目视为计划中的短期元素，其长期愿景是解决多物理场模拟的更一般领域，包括多领域和多时间尺度模拟。该提案的目标（无论是短期还是长期）都受到5G智能手机和网络兴起的推动，其片上系统和射频集成电路旨在处理大量数据。在这样的环境中，模拟需要同时解决芯片、封装和系统的功耗、热、可变性、时序、电磁和可靠性挑战，以实现首次硅和系统的成功。拟议的研究计划促进了高素质人才（HQP）的培训密集型组成部分。该项目的HQP包括但不限于博士学位的研究生，并在申请中列出了详细的培训计划。一些HQP是申请人研究小组的一部分，一些将加入或将被招募。信息通信技术行业有近41,500家公司，占加拿大整体创新的34.5%，信息通信技术确实类似于加拿大经济的神经系统。为了能够在全球层面上竞争，信息通信技术的创新者需要通过快速、准确和高效的设计工具来提高捕捉（日益缩小的）市场窗口的能力。拟议的研究计划涉及这些工具中创新活动相对停滞的某些领域。这一事实是研究产生重大影响的关键。

The proposed research program, and the accompanying request for funding, are designed to bring novel solutions to the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Canada. The target area in this application is the electronic design automation tools used in the process of micro-electronics design. More specifically, the application considers several problems that lie at the interface between circuit and electromagnetic simulation and presents solutions of interdisciplinary nature with varying degrees in range and scope. For example, some solutions that are proposed for problems arising in the area of circuit simulation are based on results reported in the simulation of aerodynamic and fluid mechanics areas. Other problems from the area of electromagnetic simulations are addressed based on classical, but hitherto untapped, ideas that appeared in circuit simulation. More problems that require simultaneous simulation of circuit and electromagnetic behavior are also approached based on methodologies that have been presented in both domains. Finally, the application, in recognition that current process design environment necessitates accounting for uncertainty in key design parameters, is proposing new methodologies to quantify the consequent uncertainty in the design performance. The applicant regards the projects outlined in the research proposal as a short-term element in a program whose long-term vision is to address the more general area of Multiphysics simulation, which encompass multi-domain and multi-timescale simulations. The goals of the proposal (both short- and long-term) are motivated by the rise of 5G smartphone and networks, whose System-On-Chip and radio frequency integrated circuits are designed to handle tremendous amounts of data. In such environment, simulations need to simultaneously solve power, thermal, variability, timing, electromagnetics and reliability challenges across the spectrum of chip, package and system to enable first-time silicon and system success. The proposed research program promotes a training-intensive component for highly qualified personnel (HQP). HQP in this program include, but are not limited to, graduate students at the PhD levels, with details of the training plans laid out in the application. Some of the HQP are part of the applicant's research group and some will join or will be recruited. With almost 41,500 companies working in the ICT sector and through contributing a 34.5% share of the overall innovation in Canada, ICT is indeed akin to the nervous system of the Canadian economy. To be able to compete on the global level, innovators in ICT need a growing capacity to capture (increasingly shrinking) market windows, which is enabled through fast, accurate and efficient design tools. The proposed research program touches upon certain areas in those tools where the innovation activities have been relatively stagnant. This fact is key to the research being of significant impact.