Nano Interconnects

<P>This textbook comprehensively covers on-chip interconnect dimension and application of carbon nanomaterials for modeling VLSI interconnect and buffer circuits.</P><P></P><P>It provides analysis of ultra-low power high speed nano-interconnects based on different facets such as material modeling, circuit modeling and the adoption of repeater insertion strategies and measurement techniques. It covers important topics including on-chip interconnects, interconnect modeling, electrical impedance modeling of on-chip interconnects, modeling of repeater buffer and variability analysis. Pedagogical features including solved problems and unsolved exercises are interspersed throughout the text for better understanding.</P><P></P><P>Aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in the field of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering for courses on Advanced VLSI Interconnects/Advanced VLSI Design/VLSI Interconnects/VLSI Design Automation and Techniques, this book:</P><UL><P><LI>Provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental concepts related to nanotube transistors and interconnects.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Discusses properties and performance of practical nanotube devices and related applications.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Covers physical and electrical phenomena of carbon nanotubes, as well as applications enabled by this nanotechnology.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Discusses the structure, properties, and characteristics of graphene-based on-chip interconnect.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Examines interconnect power and interconnect delay issues arising due to downscaling of device size.</LI></UL>