NPTEL : NOC:VLSI Interconnects (Electrical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Sarang Pendharker


Lecture 1 - Introduction to VLSI interconnects

Lecture 2 - The distributed RC interconnect model

Lecture 3 - The Elmore delay

Lecture 4 - Elmore delay in interconnects

Lecture 5 - Elmore delay in branched RC interconnects

Lecture 6 - Equivalent circuit for RC interconnects

Lecture 7 - Scaling effects in interconnects

Lecture 8 - Delay mitigation in RC interconnects

Lecture 9 - RC interconnect simulation

Lecture 10 - Inductive effects in interconnects

Lecture 11 - Distributed RLC interconnect model

Lecture 12 - Transmission line equations

Lecture 13 - When to consider the inductive effects?

Lecture 14 - The transfer function of an RLC interconnect

Lecture 15 - Time domain response of a lumped RLC circuit

Lecture 16 - Equivalent Elmore model for RLC interconnects

Lecture 17 - Two-pole model of RLC interconnects from ABCD parameters

Lecture 18 - RLC interconnect simulation

Lecture 19 - Origin of the skin effect

Lecture 20 - Effective resistance at high frequencies

Lecture 21 - Equivalent circuit to simulate skin effect

Lecture 22 - Power dissipation due to interconnects

Lecture 23 - Optimum interconnect width for minimizing total power dissipation

Lecture 24 - Heating effects and thermal modeling

Lecture 25 - Compact thermal modeling with equivalent electrical circuits

Lecture 26 - Electromigration in interconnects

Lecture 27 - Mitigation of electromigration

Lecture 28 - Capacitive coupling in interconnects

Lecture 29 - Cross-talk and timing jitters in two identical interconnects

Lecture 30 - Coupling effects and mitigation techniques

Lecture 31 - Matrix formulation of coupled interconnects

Lecture 32 - Coupled RLC interconnects

Lecture 33 - Decoupling of interconnects by diagonalization of matrix

Lecture 34 - Analysis of coupled interconnects: Examples - 1

Lecture 35 - Analysis of coupled interconnects: Examples - 2

Lecture 36 - Simulation of RC coupled interconnects

Lecture 37 - Extraction of capacitance - Part 1

Lecture 38 - Extraction of capacitance - Part 2

Lecture 39 - Extraction of inductance - Part 1

Lecture 40 - Extraction of inductance - Part 2

Lecture 41 - Estimation of interconnect parameters from S-parameters