• DocumentCode
    3375039
  • Title

    Challenges raised by long on-chip wiring for CMOS microprocessor applications

  • Author

    Deutsch, A. ; Kopcsay, G.V. ; Surovic, C.W. ; Rubin, B.J. ; Terman, T.M. ; Dunne, R.P. ; Gallo, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Div., IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    2-4 Oct 1995
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    23
  • Abstract
    The unique characteristics of long on-chip interconnections in terms of modelling, simulation and design practices are investigated for representative five-layer structures. Experimental results are shown for a specially designed test vehicle with lines as long as 1.6 cm and line resistance of R=35 to 500 Ω/cm
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; microprocessor chips; 1.6 cm; CMOS microprocessor; design; five-layer structure; interconnections; modelling; on-chip wiring; simulation; Capacitance; Crosstalk; Delay; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microprocessors; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Testing; Wiring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 1995
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3034-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPEP.1995.524683
  • Filename
    524683