Papers Published

1. Carin, L; Xu, Q; Webb, KJ; McClintock, JA, ANALYSIS OF VLSI INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES., IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest (January, 1987), pp. 625-628 [doi] .
   (last updated on 2024/12/31)

   Abstract:
   A typical VLSI circuit contains a large number of devices with planar metallic interconnects between them. Frequently, these interconnects are in the form of microstrip, analogous to what might be used in a millimeter-wave or microwave integrated circuit. Results of theoretical and experimental studies of the the device interconnect problem are presented. Multiple-line terminated and unterminated problems were treated. Full-wave data for pulse- and time-harmonic propagation are presented. Theoretical and experimental frequency- and time-domain data for the two-line problem are given which include effects of device terminations. These results illustrate the time and spatial coupling phenomena for typical VLSI geometries.

   Keywords:
   metallisation;strip lines;VLSI;