• DocumentCode
    86599
  • Title

    Physical Design and CAD Tools for 3-D Integrated Circuits: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Author

    Dae Hyun Kim ; Sung Kyu Lim

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Aug. 2015
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    Three-dimensional integration is a breakthrough technology that provides numerous benefits such as better performance, lower power consumption, and wide bandwidth by vertical interconnects and 3-D stacking. This paper presents an overview regarding the physical design and CAD tools suitable for 3-D integrated circuits.
  • Keywords
    circuit CAD; three-dimensional integrated circuits; 3D integrated circuits; 3D stacking; CAD tools; bandwidth; physical design; power consumption; three-dimensional integration; vertical interconnects; CADCAM; Circuit synthesis; Integrated circuit manufacture; Optimization; Three dimensional displays; Through-silicon vias; 2.5-D integration; 3-D integration; inductive coupling; monolithic 3-D ICs; through silicon via (TSV);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2168-2356
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDAT.2015.2440317
  • Filename
    7116532