Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon Interconnects

Preface

The aggressive scaling of very large-scale integration (VLSI) technology has pushed the device and interconnect dimensions of the integrated circuit (IC) to the nanometric dimensions. This has resulted in many low-dimensional issues that show serious threats to the further advancement of the VLSI technology. As predicted by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) and also supported by many research articles, carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene nanoribbon (GNR) could become potential replacements for the traditional CMOS devices and the copper-based interconnect systems. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the CNT- and GNR-based VLSI interconnects at the nanometric dimensions to prove their benefits. ...