Title :
Threshold triggers and accelerator for deep submicron interconnection
Author :
Huang, Hong-B ; Chen, Shih-Lun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Fu-Jen Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
In this work, the high-threshold capacitor coupling trigger (HCCT) and the low-threshold capacitor coupling trigger (LCCT) circuits are presented An interconnection speed-up circuit called the capacitor coupling accelerator (CCA) is also proposed. Using the CCA, the delay of a 10,000 μm wire in a 0.18 μm process is 43% reduced The CCA is operated without dc power consumption. Moreover it can be applied to the transmission of bi-directional signals.
Keywords :
VLSI; coupled circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnections; trigger circuits; 0.18 micron; 10000 micron; CCA; bi-directional signals; capacitor coupling accelerator; deep submicron interconnection; high-threshold capacitor coupling trigger circuits; interconnection speed-up circuit; low-threshold capacitor coupling trigger circuits; threshold triggers; Bidirectional control; Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Delay; Dielectric materials; Energy consumption; Inorganic materials; Integrated circuit interconnections; Threshold voltage; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2002. APCCAS '02. 2002 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7690-0
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2002.1115141
