Interconnect model generation tool

This paper describes an automated interconnect model generator (IMG) tool to integrate interconnect models into an IC circuit design. This IC IMG was developed on the Harris Fastrack, which is an IC design system providing high performance tools and advanced libraries needed for integrated circuit designs. Harris Fastrack is composed of a set of Cadence core tools, Harris-developed tools and third-party tools integrated into the system. The IC IMG has a user-friendly graphic user interface (GUI) and is simple to use. It allows the user to select the interconnect lines from either layouts or schematics, then automatically creates the appropriate lumped element model and extracts the lumped element values for both the self and coupling terms.