Signal and power integrity; circuit modeling, simulation and optimization; high-speed interconnects; parallel algorithms; model-reduction techniques; CAD for RF, MEMS, wireless and optoelectronic applications; EMC/EMI; mixed-signal analysis; nonlinear circuit analysis/modeling.
Modern CAD tools to accelerate high-speed electronic product design.
G. Shinh, R. Achar, N. Nakhla, M. Nakhla, and I. Erdin (2006), “A Simplified Time-Domain Macromodel for Incident Field Coupling to MTLs,” IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (publication pending).
D. Saraswat, R. Achar, and M. Nakhla (2006), “Passivity Enforcement via Reciprocal Systems for Interconnects with Large Order Macromodels,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (publication pending).
E. Gad, C. Chen, M. Nakhla, and R. Achar (2006), “Passivity Verification in Delay-Based Macromodels of Multiconductor Electrical Interconnects,” IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging (publication pending).
P. Pai, E. Gad, R. Achar, R. Khazaka, and M. Nakhla (2006), “A Projection-Based Reduction Approach to Computing Sensitivity of Steady-State Response of Nonlinear Circuits,” INFORMS Journal on Computing: Steady-State Respons (publication pending).
N. Nakhla, A. Ruehli, M. Nakhla, and R. Achar (2005), “Simulation of Coupled Interconnects Using Waveform Relaxation and Transverse Partitioning,” IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging (publication pending).
D. Saraswat, R. Achar, and M. Nakhla (2005), “Passivity Restoration Algorithm for S-parameter Data of Microwave Subnetworks,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (publication pending).
D. Saraswat, R. Achar, and M. Nakhla (2004), “On Fast Compact Passive Macromodeling of High-Frequency Circuits and Interconnect Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (publication pending).