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Graphene-Based ESD Protection for Future ICs

On-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is required for all integrated circuits (ICs). Conventional on-chip ESD protection relies on in-Si PN junction-based device structures for ESD. However, such in-Si PN-based ESD protection solutions pose significant challenges related to ESD protection...

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Autores principales: Li, Cheng, Pan, Zijin, Hao, Weiquan, Li, Xunyu, Miao, Runyu, Wang, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10145349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37111011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13081426
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author Li, Cheng
Pan, Zijin
Hao, Weiquan
Li, Xunyu
Miao, Runyu
Wang, Albert
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description On-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is required for all integrated circuits (ICs). Conventional on-chip ESD protection relies on in-Si PN junction-based device structures for ESD. However, such in-Si PN-based ESD protection solutions pose significant challenges related to ESD protection design overhead, including parasitic capacitance, leakage current, and noises, as well as large chip area consumption and difficulty in IC layout floor planning. The design overhead effects of ESD protection devices are becoming unacceptable to modern ICs as IC technologies continuously advance, which is an emerging design-for-reliability challenge for advanced ICs. In this paper, we review the concept development of disruptive graphene-based on-chip ESD protection comprising a novel graphene nanoelectromechanical system (gNEMS) ESD switch and graphene ESD interconnects. This review discusses the simulation, design, and measurements of the gNEMS ESD protection structures and graphene ESD protection interconnects. The review aims to inspire non-traditional thinking for future on-chip ESD protection.
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spelling pubmed-101453492023-04-29 Graphene-Based ESD Protection for Future ICs Li, Cheng Pan, Zijin Hao, Weiquan Li, Xunyu Miao, Runyu Wang, Albert Nanomaterials (Basel) Review On-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is required for all integrated circuits (ICs). Conventional on-chip ESD protection relies on in-Si PN junction-based device structures for ESD. However, such in-Si PN-based ESD protection solutions pose significant challenges related to ESD protection design overhead, including parasitic capacitance, leakage current, and noises, as well as large chip area consumption and difficulty in IC layout floor planning. The design overhead effects of ESD protection devices are becoming unacceptable to modern ICs as IC technologies continuously advance, which is an emerging design-for-reliability challenge for advanced ICs. In this paper, we review the concept development of disruptive graphene-based on-chip ESD protection comprising a novel graphene nanoelectromechanical system (gNEMS) ESD switch and graphene ESD interconnects. This review discusses the simulation, design, and measurements of the gNEMS ESD protection structures and graphene ESD protection interconnects. The review aims to inspire non-traditional thinking for future on-chip ESD protection. MDPI 2023-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10145349/ /pubmed/37111011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13081426 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Graphene-Based ESD Protection for Future ICs
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10145349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37111011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13081426
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