DocumentCode
1753198
Title
A Novel Dual-Walled CNT Bus Architecture with Reduced Cross-Coupling Features
Author
Rossi, Daniele ; Cazeaux, José M. ; Metra, Cecilia ; Lombardi, Fabrizio
Author_Institution
Department of Electronics and Computer Science (DEIS), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Email: drossi@deis.unibo.it
Volume
1
fYear
2006
fDate
17-20 June 2006
Firstpage
258
Lastpage
261
Abstract
Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs) have been widely proposed as interconnect fabric for nano and very deep sub-micron (silicon-based) technologies due to their robustness to electromigration. In this paper, a novel bus architecture with low crosstalk features is proposed. It is made of dual-walled nanotubes (DWNTs) arranged in parallel. It achieves reductions up to 72% of the crosstalk-induced delay, and up to 76% for the crosstalk-induced peak voltage, at a modest area increase. Therefore, the proposed bus arrangement significantly improves performance and provides reliable operation in an interconnect.
Keywords
Clocks; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Delay; Electromigration; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit reliability; Nanotubes; Uncertainty; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0077-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NANO.2006.247623
Filename
1717073
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