RLC传输线的精确矩模型及其在互连线网时延估计中的应用

快速估计互连线网的信号传输特性是VLSI设计中的重要问题,矩匹配是目前的主要方法.本文给出了获得RLC传输线精确矩模型的一个简单方法,避免了以往方法复杂的推导.文中还提出了互连线时延估计的一个新方法,这一方法不仅可用于目前通常的二阶模型,还可对高阶模型进行估计.     

串扰约束下超深亚微米顶层互连线性能的优化设计

优化顶层互连线性能已成为超深亚微米片上系统(SOC)设计的关键.本文提出了适用于多个工艺节点的串扰约束下顶层互连线性能的优化方法.该方法由基于分布RLC连线模型的延迟串扰解析公式所推得.通过HSPICE仿真验证,对当前主流工艺(90nm),此优化方法可令与芯片边长等长的顶层互连线(23.9mm)的延时减小到182ps,数据总线带宽达到1.43 GHz/ μ m,近邻连线峰值串扰电压控制在0.096V_dd左右.通过由本方法所确定的各工艺节点下的截面参数和性能指标,可合理预测未来超深亚微米工艺条件下顶层互连线优化设计的发展趋势.     

超深亚微米高速互连的信号串扰研究

探讨了超深亚微米设计中的高速互连线串扰产生机制,提出了一种描述高速互连串扰的电容、电感耦合模型,通过频域变换方法对模型的有效性进行了理论分析。针对0.18μm工艺条件提出了该模型的测试结构,进行了流片和测量。实测结果表明,该模型能够较好地表征超深亚微米电路的高速互连串扰效应,能够定量计算片上互连线间的耦合串扰,给出不同工艺的互连线长度的优化值。     

一种新的集成电路互连线串扰模型和估计公式

建立了一个考虑分布电阻,分布电容的互连线混П模型,在这个模型的基础上,分析了终端在最坏条件下的串扰响应,并推导了三阶S域系数的精确表达式,最终,获得了一个新的互连线串扰响应的估计公式,通过与SPICE模拟的结果相比较,该文的模拟结果非常接近实际电路的串扰响应,与相关文献所发表的结果相比较,该模型更符合实际情况,结果也更精确。     

IC中多余物缺陷对信号串扰的定量研究

该文研究了铜互连线中的多余物缺陷对两根相邻的互连线间信号的串扰,提出了互连线之间的多余物缺陷和互连线之间的互容、互感模型,用于定量的计算缺陷对串扰的影响。提出了把缺陷部分单独看作一段RLC电路模型,通过提出的模型研究了不同互连线参数条件下的信号串扰,主要研究了铜互连线的远端串扰和近端串扰,论文最后提出了一些改进串扰的建议。实验结果证明该文提出的信号串扰模型可用于实际的电路设计中,能够对设计人员设计满足串扰要求的电路提供指导。     

超深亚微米集成电路串扰估计及优化

采用RLC模型来估计互连线间的耦合噪声并对模拟结果进行分析,在此基础上,提出了几种不同的算法实现了带串扰约束的集成电路布线结果调整.     

超深亚微米集成电路串扰估计及优化

采用RLC模型来估计互连线间的耦合噪声并对模拟结果进行分析,在此基础上,提出了几种不同的算法实现了带串扰约束的集成电路布线结果调整.     

集成电路互连线串扰的模型与分析

针对集成电路中互连线之间的串扰问题,建立了一个基于电阻和电容的串扰分析模型,给出了干扰信号为线性倾斜信号时串扰的时域响应公式,并得出了串扰峰值的估算公式,明确了干扰信号上升沿对串扰的影响。利用该公式,能对全局互连性能的影响做出正确的估计,在互连布局前预先进行路由规划和资源选择。     

大规模集成电路互连线的串扰估计

建立了一个基于电阻和电容的串扰分析模型,给出了干扰信号为线性倾斜信号时串扰的时域响应公式,得出了串扰峰值的估计公式,明确了干扰信号上升沿、互连线的电阻和耦合电容等对串扰的影响,并且利用Hyperlynx软件包进行仿真,仿真结果证明了理论分析的正确性.     

一种基于概率解释的新型互连线时延Slew模型

基于概率解释的互连线时延模型具有效率高,实现简单,估计准确等特点,在亚100纳米工艺IC设计及验证中具有较好的应用前景.基于概率解释的互连线时延模型往往需要大量的查表计算,对效率及计算精度都存在一定的影响,而且有些模型不能进行Slew的估计.本文提出了一种基于BS统计分布的互连线时延模型,完全避免了查表运算而且可直接用于Slew估计.90纳米工艺TCAD仿真实验结果表明,该模型在效率、精度、实现难易程度等方面具有一定的优势,对亚100纳米VLSI静态时序分析及相关EDA工具开发也有一定的参考价值.     

Cost-effective test solutions for smart card and other integrated flash applications

From its emergence in the late 1980s as a lower cost alternative to early EEPROM technologies, flash memory has evolved to higher densities and speedsand rapidly growing acceptance in mobile applications.In the process, flash memory devices have placed increased test requirements on manufacturers. Today, as flash device test grows in importance in China, manufacturers face growing pressure for reduced cost-oftest, increased throughput and greater return on investment for test equipment. At the same time, the move to integrated flash packages for contactless smart card applications adds a significant further challenge to manufacturers seeking rapid, low-cost test.     

An improved parallel thinning algorithm with two subiterations

The parallel thinning algorithm with two subiterations is improved in this paper. By analyzing the notions of connected components and passes, a conclusion is drawn that the number of passes and the number of eight-connected components are equal. Then the expression of the number of eight-connected components is obtained which replaces the old one in the algorithm. And a reserving condition is proposed by experiments, which alleviates the excess deletion where a diagonal line and a beeline intersect. The experimental results demonstrate that the thinned curve is almost located in the middle of the original curve connectivelv with single pixel width and the processing speed is high.     

Theoretical analysis of the relationship between the Brillouin gain coefficient and the strain in the optical-fiber sensors

The relation between the power of the Brillouin signal and the strain is one of the bases of the distributed fiber sensors of temperature and strain. The coefficient of the Bfillouin gain can be changed by the temperature and the strain that will affect the power of the Brillouin scattering. The relation between the change of the Brillouin gain coefficient and the strain is thought to be linear by many researchers. However, it is not always linear based on the theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. Therefore, errors will be caused if the relation between the change of the Brillouin gain coefficient and the strain is regarded as to be linear approximately for measuring the temperature and the strain. For this reason, the influence of the parameters on the Brillouin gain coefficient is proposed through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation.     

Novel fiber-optical interferometer with miniaturized probe for in-hole measurements

Today, micro-system technology and the development of new MEMS （Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems） are emerging rapidly. In order for this development to become a success in the long run, measurement systems have to ensure product quality. Most often, MEMS have to be tested by means of functionality or destructive tests. One reason for this is that there are no suitable systems or sensing probes available which can be used for the measurement of quasi inaccessible features like small holes or cavities. We present a measurement system that could be used for these kinds of measurements. The system combines a fiber optical, miniaturized sensing probe with low-coherence interferometry, so that absolute distance measurements with nanometer accuracy are possible.     

Curved crystal spectrometer for the measurement of X-ray lines from laser-produced plasmas

In order to diagnose the laser-produced plasmas, a focusing curved crystal spectrometer has been developed for measuring the X-ray lines radiated from a laser-produced plasmas. The design is based on the fact that the ray emitted from a source located at one focus of an ellipse will converge on the other focus by the reflection of the elliptical surface. The focal length and the eccentricity of the ellipse are 1350 mm and 0.9586, respectively. The spectrometer can be used to measure the X- ray lines in the wavelength range of 0.2-0.37 nm, and a LiF crystal （200） （2d = 0.4027 nm） is used as dispersive element covering Bragg angle from 30° to 67.5°. The spectrometer was tested on Shengnang- Ⅱ which can deliver laser energy of 60-80 J/pulse and the laser wavelength is 0.35 μm. Photographs of spectra including the 1 s2p ^1P1-1s^2 ^1S0 resonance line（w）, the 1s2p ^3P2-1s^2 1S0 magnetic quadrupole line（x）, the 1s2p ^3P1-1 s^2 ^1S0 intercombination lines（y）, the 1 s2p ^3S~1-1 s^2 ^1S0 forbidden line（z） in helium-like Ti Ⅹ Ⅺ and the 1 s2s2p ^2P3/2-1 s622s ^2S1/2 line（q） in lithium-like Ti Ⅹ Ⅹhave been recorded with a X-ray CCD camera. The experimental result shows that the wavelength resolution（λ/△ 2） is above 1000 and the elliptical crystal spectrometer is suitable for X-ray spectroscopy.     

Preparation and Characterization of TaN ALD Precursors

High purity organic-tantalum precursors for thin film ALD TaN were synthesized and characterized.Vapor pressure and thermal stability of these precursors were studied.From the vapor pressure analysis,it was found that TBTEMT has a higher vapor pressure than any other published liquid TaN precursor,including TBTDET,TAITMATA,and IPTDET.Thermal stability of the alkyl groups on the precursors was investigated using a 1H NMR technique.The results indicated that the tertbutylimino group is the most stable group on TBTDET and TBTEMT as compared to the dialkylamido groups.Thermal stability of TaN precursors decreased in the following order:TBTDET ＞ PDMAT ＞ TBTEMT.In conclusion,precursor vapor pressure and thermal stability were tuned by making slight variations in the ligand sphere around the metal center.     

Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

This paper reviews our recent development of the use of the large-scale pseudopotential method to calculate the electronic structure of semiconductor nanocrystals, such as quantum dots and wires, which often contain tens of thousands of atoms. The calculated size-dependent exciton energies and absorption spectra of quantum dots and wires are in good agreement with experiments. We show that the electronic structure of a nanocrystal can be tuned not only by its size,but also by its shape. Finally,we show that defect properties in quantum dots can be significantly different from those in bulk semiconductors.     

Teleportation of an arbitrary unknown N-qubit entangled state under the controlling of M controllers

A new quantum protocol to teleport an arbitrary unknown N-qubit entangled state from a sender to a fixed receiver under M controllers(M < N) is proposed. The quantum resources required are M non-maximally entangled Greenberger-Home-Zeilinger (GHZ) state and N-M non-maximally entangled Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) pairs. The sender performs N generalized Bell-state measurements on the 2N particles. Controllers take M single-particle measurement along x-axis, and the receiver needs to introduce one auxiliary two-level particle to extract quantum information probabilistically with the fidelity unit if controllers cooperate with it.     

Diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO4/LBO lasers with 4.2W continuous-wave output at 457 nm

A continuous-wave (CW) 457 nm blue laser operating at the power of 4.2 W is demonstrated by using a fiber coupled laser diode module pumped Nd: YVO4 and using LBO as the intra-cavity SHG crystal With the optimization of laser cavity and crystal parameters, the laser operates at a very high efficiency. When the pumping power is about 31 W, the output at 457nm reaches 4.2 W, and the optical to optical conversion efficiency is about 13.5% accordingly. The stability of the out putpower is better than 1.2% for 8 h continuously working.     

Critical Stage Rule-Based Real Time Dispatch（RTD）System in Highly-Mixed-Products （HMP） FAB

An improving utilization and efficiency of critical equipments in semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities are concerned. Semiconductor manufacturing FAB is one of the most complicated and cost sensitive environments. A good dispatching tool will make big difference in equipment utilization and FAB output as a whole. The equipment in this paper is In-Line DUV Scanner. There are many factors impacting utilization and output on this equipment group. In HMP environment one of the issues is changing of reticule in this area and idle counts due to load unbalance between equipments. Here we'll introduce a rule-based RTD system which aiming at decreasing the number of recipe change and idle counts among a group of scanner equipment in a high-mixed-products FAB.