New approach for the calculation of line capacitances of two-layer IC interconnects

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 297-302

  Ymeri, H ^a   Nauwelaers, B ^a   Maex, K ^b   De Roest, D ^b  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

TWO-LAYER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS;

EID: 0034547873     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2760(20001205)27:5<297::AID-MOP4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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