This textbook provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to various noise sources that significantly reduce performance and reliability in nanometer-scale integrated circuits. The author covers different types of noise, such as crosstalk noise caused by signal switching of adjacent wires, power supply noise or IR voltage drop in the power line due to simultaneous buffer / gate switching events, substrate coupling noise, radiation-induced transients, thermally induced noise and noise due to process and environmental Coverages also includes the relationship between some of these noise sources, as well as compound effects, and modeling and mitigation of noise mechanisms.

Offers comprehensive, textbook coverage of all major noise mechanisms affecting nanometer VLSI circuits Covers power supply noise in on-chip power and ground distribution networks and its impact on circuit performance Highlights impact of noise on chip timing and functionality and on clock networks

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Dr. Selahattin Sayil is a Professor in the Philip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering at Lamar University. His research focuses on VLSI Testing, Contactless Testing, Radiation effects modeling and hardening at the circuit level, Reliability analysis of low power designs, and Interconnect modeling and noise prediction.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Interconnect Noise.- Clock Noise and Uncertainty.- Power Supply Noise.- Substrate Coupling Noise.- Radiation Induced Soft Error Mechanisms.- Thermally Induced Errors.- Impact of Process Variations.