Volume 34, Issue 4 e2872
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Delay optimization using repeater insertion in folded graphene nanoribbon interconnect systems

Debaprasad Das

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Debaprasad Das

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Assam University, Silchar, India

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Debaprasad Das, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.

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First published: 19 February 2021

Abstract

In this paper, we have investigated the delay optimization using repeater insertion in folded graphene nanoribbon (FGNR) interconnect systems for different nanometer technology nodes. The mean free path is modeled as a function of GNR width and Fermi energy. The RLC equivalent circuit is modeled for analyzing delay and power for global interconnects. The performance of FGNR is compared to that of multi-layer horizontal graphene nanoribbon (ML-HGNR) and multi-layer vertical graphene nanoribbon (ML-VGNR) interconnects. Our analysis shows that proposed FGNR interconnect with fully diffusive edges can outperform both the ML-HGNR and ML-VGNR interconnects as well as the traditional Cu interconnects by reducing the number of repeaters.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no potential conflict of interests.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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