Abstract

Through-silicon-via (TSV) enables vertical connectivity between stacked chips or interposer and is a key technology for 3-D integrated circuits (ICs). While arrays of TSVs are needed in 3-D IC, there only exists a frequency-dependent resistance, inductance, conductance and capacitance circuit model for a pair of TSVs with coupling between them. In this paper, we develop a simple yet accurate circuit model for a multiport TSV network (e.g., coupled TSV array) by decomposing the network into a number of TSV pairs and then applying circuit models for each of them. We call the new model a pair-based model for the multiport TSV network. It is first verified against a commercial electromagnetic solver for up to 20 GHz and subsequently employed for a variety of examples for signal and power integrity analysis. © 1982-2012 IEEE.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant 0855878

Keywords and Phrases

3-D integration; conductance and capacitance (RLGC) matrices; crosstalk; inductance; modeling; packaging; power delivery; resistance; through-silicon via (TSV)

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0278-0070

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

25 Mar 2013

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