Abstract
This course discusses on-chip wires, how to model them, what are their problems (and their advantages) and some solutions. Topics that will be covered include: Wire characteristics and how they determine performance; Wires under technology scaling; and Methods to improve wire performance.

Educational Course Subject Areas
Circuits & Devices ,  Computing

Keywords
wire ,  wire resistance ,  wire capacitance ,  wire inductance ,  partial inductance ,  Low-K dielectrics ,  Fanout-of-four inverter delay (FO4) ,  elmore delay ,  repeaters ,  local wires ,  global wires ,  transmission lines ,  equalization