Electrical modeling of on-chip cu-graphene heterogeneous interconnects

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-76

  Zhao, Wen Sheng ^a   Wang, Da Wei ^b   Wang, Gaofeng ^a   Yin, Wen Yan ^b  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu graphene heterogeneous interconnect; equivalent circuit model; graphene liner

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CIRCUIT THEORY; GRAPHENE;

CU WIRES; EFFECTIVE RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL MODELING; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; INTERFACE RESISTANCE; ON CHIP INTERCONNECT; ON CHIPS; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 84920117330     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2014.2375358     Document Type: Article

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