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
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