Compact and accurate models of large single-wall carbon-nanotube interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1025-1033

  Ferranti, Francesco ^a   Antonini, Giulio ^b   Dhaene, Tom ^a   Knockaert, Luc ^a   Orlandi, Antonio ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Model order reduction; nano interconnects; single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs); transient analysis; transmission line (TL) modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; INTERCONNECT APPLICATIONS; LOSS OF ACCURACY; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL ORDER REDUCTION; MULTICONDUCTOR TRANSMISSION LINES; NANOINTERCONNECTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; SINGLE-WALL; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LINEARIZATION; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 81955161176     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2159207     Document Type: Article

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