• DocumentCode
    2471985
  • Title

    A high density, carbon nanotube capacitor for decoupling applications

  • Author

    Budnik, Mark ; Raychowclhury, A. ; Bansal, Aditya ; Roy, Kaushik

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    935
  • Lastpage
    938
  • Abstract
    We present a novel application for carbon nanotube devices, implementing a high density 3D capacitor, which can be useful for decoupling applications to reduce supply voltage variations. The capacitor consists of staggered layers of interleaved carbon nanotubes, alternately connected to anode and cathode contacts. The device can realize a capacitance/area, significantly larger than the ITRS´s projected requirements for year 2018. The capacitance per unit area can exceed 1pF/mum2, with a quality factor greater than 100 at 1GHz
  • Keywords
    capacitors; carbon nanotubes; nanotube devices; 3D capacitor; ITRS; carbon nanotube capacitor; decoupling applications; supply voltage variations; Anodes; Application software; Capacitance; Carbon nanotubes; Cathodes; Dielectric materials; Electrodes; Semiconductor materials; Switched capacitor circuits; Voltage; Carbon nanotube; Design; Performance; capacitor; interconnect; three-dimensional;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation Conference, 2006 43rd ACM/IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0738-100X
  • Print_ISBN
    1-59593-381-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DAC.2006.229415
  • Filename
    1688932