Signal integrity analysis of graphene nano-ribbon (GNR) interconnects

Author

Wen-Sheng Zhao ; Wen-Yan Yin

Author_Institution

Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab. for Sensing Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

230

Abstract

Graphene nano-ribbons (GNR) have been proposed for building up interconnects for 3-D ICs, due to their superior performance over conventional metallic materials. In this paper, signal integrity analyses of single- and multi-layered GNR (SLGNR & MLGNR) interconnects are carried out based on their equivalent circuit models, with crosstalk effects characterized theoretically. It is shown that longer length and larger width of the SLGNR interconnect will result in higher crosstalk voltage, but it cannot exceeds its threshold one. While for MLGNRs, their advantages over Cu wires are kept even with the worst crosstalk.

Keywords

crosstalk; graphene; integrated circuit interconnections; nanoribbons; three-dimensional integrated circuits; 3D IC; MLGNR interconnects; SLGNR interconnects; crosstalk effects; equivalent circuit models; graphene nanoribbon interconnects; metallic materials; multilayered GNR interconnects; signal integrity analysis; single-layered GNR interconnects; Crosstalk; Graphene; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit modeling; Quantum capacitance; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium (EDAPS), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1444-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1445-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDAPS.2012.6469382

Filename

6469382