Capacitance coupling immune, transient sensitive accelerator for resistive interconnect signals of subquarter micron ULSI

Author

Iima, T. ; Mizuno, Masayudki ; Horiuchi, Tadahiko ; Yamashina, Masakazu

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Sagamihara, Japan

Volume

31

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

531

Lastpage

536

Abstract

This paper presents a new circuit scheme called a transient sensitive accelerator (TSA) circuit for highly resistive interconnects. The TSA can reduce both delay time and crosstalk voltage. Using the TSA with an interconnect length of 30 mm reduces delay time and crosstalk voltage by 29% and 20%, respectively. A further advantage is that the TSA operates in self-time and thus can be applied to bidirectional signal communication

Keywords

ULSI; crosstalk; delays; digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; trigger circuits; 30 mm; bidirectional signal communication; capacitance coupling immunity; crosstalk voltage reduction; delay time reduction; resistive interconnect signals; subquarter micron ULSI; transient sensitive accelerator; Capacitance; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Delay effects; Driver circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Inverters; Laboratories; Large scale integration; Ultra large scale integration; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.499729

Filename

499729