Analysis of crossing interconnections on GaAs-based VLSICs

Author

Goel, Ashok Kumar ; Prabhakaran, P.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

14-16 Aug 1989

Firstpage

1255

Abstract

An efficient numerical technique to study the signal propagation delay and crosstalk developed in crossing interconnections has been developed. The model has been built to study GaAs-based VLSICs, but can be adapted to study other semiconductor materials. The code has two function calls, one each for propagation delay and for crosstalk. The main program calls each of these functions to compute the required quantities. The various line parameters have been made global. The code is constructed in a manner which enables the user to study the dependence of delay and crosstalk on any of the line parameters. The algorithm is given

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; VLSI; circuit analysis computing; crosstalk; delays; equivalent circuits; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit technology; semiconductor device models; GaAs; VLSI IC; crossing interconnections; crosstalk; line parameters; model; numerical technique; signal propagation delay; Application specific integrated circuits; Capacitance; Computational modeling; Crosstalk; Laplace equations; Propagation delay; Routing; Semiconductor materials; Transmission lines; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1989., Proceedings of the 32nd Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1989.102084

Filename

102084