MLGNR INTERCONNECTS WITH FINFET DRIVER: OPTIMIZED DELAY AND POWER PERFORMANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY BEYOND 16NM

Vangmayee Sharma, R. P. Agarwal

Abstract: Multi- layer graphene nanoribbon is emerging as a potential candidate for deep-nanometer interconnects due to its superior conductivity and current carrying capabilities. MLGNR showed superior performance over SLGNR for global interconnects. Also multi-gate devices such as FinFETs are the most promising building blocks in sub-micron technology. This paper combines these recent technologies of interconnects and devices and provides the analysis of delay and power performance of the combination. The driver-interconnect- load (DIL) system engaging FinFET driver with MLGNR interconnect is used for analyzing the performance.

Keywords: FinFET, Graphene nanoribbon interconnect, deep sub-micron, Single layer GNR (SLGNR), Multi-Layer GNR (MLGNR), delay, power dissipation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0309017