Carbon nanostructures dedicated to RF interconnect management

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a good candidate for RF interconnects, having better electrical as well as high frequency performance as compared to the conventional metals. To successfully integrate CNT to be in line with the industries trends, focus has to be placed on interfacial studies between electrode and CNT to obtain an effective conduction channel. In order to help component design, two modeling approaches are proposed: one is based on mesoscopic model for the electromagnetic properties of arrays of nanotubes, the other one on circuit simulation for RF applications. Several experimental works will be presented such as flip-chip report based on CNTs bumps and wireless link.