• DocumentCode
    3147909
  • Title

    Impact of ground line position on CMOS interconnect behavior

  • Author

    Ktata, M. Faiez ; Arz, Uwe ; Grabinski, Hartmut ; Fischer, Helmut

  • Author_Institution
    Memory Products Div., Infineon Technol., Munich, Germany
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    2-3 Dec. 2004
  • Firstpage
    207
  • Lastpage
    211
  • Abstract
    We investigate the impact of ground line position as well as the effects of conductive substrates with different conductivities of 10 S/m (low), 100 S/m (medium) and 10.000 S/m (high) on on-chip interconnects. Characteristic line parameters obtained from field calculations are validated with two-port network analyzer measurements of specially designed test structures in a frequency range up to 50 GHz.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; electrical conductivity; integrated circuit interconnections; substrates; 0 to 50 GHz; 10 to 10.000 S/m; CMOS interconnect behavior; characteristic line parameters; ground line position; on-chip interconnects; substrate conductivity; two-port network analyzer measurements; Aluminum; CMOS technology; Conducting materials; Conductivity measurement; Frequency measurement; Manufacturing; Network-on-a-chip; Planarization; Position measurement; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Measurements Conference, Fall 2004. 64th ARFTG
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8952-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARFTGF.2004.1427600
  • Filename
    1427600