Title :
Performance Benchmarking for Graphene Nanoribbon, Carbon Nanotube, and Cu Interconnects
Author :
Naeemi, Azad ; Meindl, James D.
Author_Institution :
791 Atlantic Dr. N. W. Atlanta, GA 30332, Georgia Institute of Technology, Email: azad@ece.gatech.edu
Abstract :
Physics-based equivalent circuit models are presented for armchair and zigzag graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), and their conductances have been benchmarked against those of carbon nanotubes and copper wires. Atomically thick GNRs with smooth edges can potentially have smaller resistances compared with copper wires with unity aspect ratios for widths below 8nm and stacks of non-interacting GNRs can have substantially smaller resistivities compared to Cu wires.
Keywords :
Carbon nanotubes; Conductivity; Copper; Delay; Dielectric constant; Equivalent circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Paper technology; Semiconductivity; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Interconnect Technology Conference, 2008. IITC 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1911-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1912-8
DOI :
10.1109/IITC.2008.4546961
