Along with deep scaling transistors and complex electronics information exchange networks,
very-large-scale-integrated (VLSI) circuits require high performance and ultra-low power …

Over the past decade, system-on-chip (SoC) designs have evolved to address the ever
increasing complexity of applications, fueled by the era of digital convergence …

Clock distribution networks synchronize the flow of data signals among synchronous data
paths. The design of these networks can dramatically affect system-wide performance and …

Intrachip optical interconnects (OIs) have the potential to outperform electrical wires and to
ultimately solve the communication bottleneck in high-performance integrated circuits …

As the interconnect delay exceeds the gate delay, the integrated circuit (IC) technology has
evolved from a transistor-centric era to an interconnect-centric era. Conventional metallic …

Interconnect has become a primary bottleneck in integrated circuit design. As CMOS
technology is scaled, it will become increasingly difficult for conventional copper …

This paper introduces an accurate analysis of on-chip inductance effects for distributed RLC
interconnects that takes the effect of both the series resistance and the output parasitic …

This book discusses new techniques for detecting, controlling, and exploiting the impacts of
temperature variations on nanoscale circuits and systems. A new sensor system is …

Advances in interconnect technologies, such as the increase in the number of metal layers,
stacked vias, and the reduced routing pitch, have played a key role to continuously improve …

The scaling of copper wires and the increase in signal switching speed produce transient
crosstalk coupling between interconnect lines, which causes overshoots and additional time …