Near speed-of-light on-chip electrical interconnect

Richard T. Chang; C. Patrick Yue; S. Simon Wong

Near speed-of-light on-chip electrical interconnect

Richard T. Chang^*, C. Patrick Yue, S. Simon Wong

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The propagation limits of electrical signals for systems built with conventional silicon processing are explored. Data transmission near the speed of light with an all-electrical system can be achieved by taking advantage of the inductance-dominated high-frequency regime of on-chip interconnect. In a 0.18 μm, 6-level Aluminum CMOS technology, an overall delay of 278ps for a 20mm long line corresponding to a propagation velocity of one half the speed of light in silicon dioxide has been demonstrated.

Original language	English
Pages	18-21
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	2002 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 13 Jun 2002 → 15 Jun 2002

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Conference	2002 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	13/06/02 → 15/06/02

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Near speed-of-light on-chip electrical interconnect

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