Comparative Analysis of Mixed CNTs and MWCNTs as VLSI Interconnects for Deep Sub-micron Technology Nodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 2543-2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karmjit Singh Sandha ◽  
Arvind Thakur
Author(s):  
Karmjit Singh Sandha

The chapter will start with brief introduction to the interconnects and its importance in an integrated circuit at deep sub-micron technology nodes. The brief discussion about the concept of scaling, interconnects models, and material in use are presented. The limitations of conventional materials at scaled down technology nodes will be discussed next. The focus of the chapter is to present the electrical equivalent circuit model to estimate the impedance parameters of SWCNT bundle and MWCNT bundle as interconnects at different nano-scaled technology nodes for global level interconnect length. Using ESC model of SWCNT, MWCNT, and copper, the performance comparative analysis for delay and power delay product (PDP) will be presented for different interconnect lengths at nano-scaled technology nodes. Finally, the chapter summary and conclusion will be written at the end of the chapter.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 5975-5981
Author(s):  
A Karthikeyan ◽  
P. S Mallick

Integrated circuits (IC’s) are sized for higher performance and packing density. Interconnects are major components to carry signals between transistors. Interconnect delay increases due to increase in length of interconnect. Optimization of interconnects is more essential to improve the performance of integrated circuits. Repeater insertion is an important technique used in optimizing the performance of interconnects in integrated circuits. Repeaters have to be designed to satisfy the performance constraints. In this paper we have designed a new repeater using transistors and analyzed the performance at various bias levels. The Repeater design was implemented at various technology nodes using PTM models and Bulk CMOS. Delay and power dissipation are analyzed for various voltage levels and load levels using Spice simulations. The results show that the proposed repeater has lesser delay compared to the conventional repeater with an increase of power dissipation and they are more suitable for Critical path in VLSI interconnects. They can be applicable for CNT based VLSI interconnects.


Author(s):  
Damanpreet Kaur ◽  
V. Sulochana

<p>Crosstalk noise is often induced in long interconnects running parallel to each other .There arises a need to minimize the effect of these crosstalk noise so as to maintain the signal integrity in interconnects. So in this paper crosstalk noise is minimized using various techniques such as repeater (bidirectional buffer) insertion along with shielding, skewing and shielding &amp; skewing simultaneously. With the help of these techniques crosstalk noise is controlled to a great extent in long interconnects. Prelayout simulations for crosstalk are carried out for different techniques at 90nm technology nodes using cadence. The influences of these techniques are analyzed and it is found that crosstalk is reduced upto 57%.</p>


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