Title :
Introduction of a new architecture for wafer integration through configuration hierarchies: resulting in practical monolithic self configuring wafer scale integration
Author :
Nunally, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Gen. Dynamics Corp., Pomona Div., CA, USA
Abstract :
Currently a monolithic self configuring test structure has been fabricated which achieves wafer scale integration levels through General Dynamics patented architecture, new technology and methodologies. The test structure uses a new double metal 3.0-micron GD/P:WSI CMOS technology. The device was not developed as a functional product, but rather as a test of the configuration manager, configuration management architecture and the new GD/P:WSI30G technology. The device consists of four quadrants of functionality clusters and configuration managers (CMs)
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; digital integrated circuits; fault tolerant computing; integrated circuit technology; multiplying circuits; parallel architectures; pipeline processing; 3 micron; GD/P:WSI CMOS technology; General Dynamics; WSI; architecture; configuration hierarchies; configuration managers; double metal; functionality clusters; monolithic self configuring test structure; p-well CMOS; patented architecture; self configuring wafer scale integration; wafer integration; wafer scale integration; Circuit faults; Geometry; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit noise; Poisson equations; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Silicon; Very high speed integrated circuits; Wafer scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Wafer Scale Integration, 1990. Proceedings., [2nd] International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9013-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICWSI.1990.63888