A Decade of Vector Fitting Development: Applications on Signal/Power Integrity

Vector Fitting (VF) has been introduced as a partial-fraction basis response fitting methodology for over a decade. Because of its reliability and versatility, VF has been applied and extended to a number of areas. In this book chapter, we will discuss the applications of VF in the context of macromodeling of linear structures in signal/power integrity analyses. We will also discuss main features of VF along three directions: data, algorithms and models. Two practical examples are given to demonstrate the merits of VF. An alternative P-norm approximation criterion is proposed to enhance the accuracy of the macromodeling process.