Robust design of high-speed interconnects based on an MWCNT

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 799-807

  Lamberti, Patrizia ^a   Sarto, Maria Sabrina ^b   Tucci, Vincenzo ^a   Tamburrano, Alessio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interconnect; interval analysis (IA); multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT); robust design; time delay

Indexed keywords

CU-BASED; HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECTS; INTERCONNECT; INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSION; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; ROBUST DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGY NODES; THIN WIRES; UPPER BOUND;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); TIME DELAY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84863731896     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2198922     Document Type: Article

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