On-Chip Power Delivery and Management

Introduction.- Inductive Properties of Electric Circuits.- Properties of On-Chip Inductive Current Loops.- Electromigration.- Scaling Trends of On-Chip Power Distribution Noise.- High Performance Power Distribution Systems.- On-Chip Power Distribution Networks.- Computer-Aided Design and Analysis.- Closed Form Expressions for Fast IR Drop Analysis.- Inductive Properties of On-Chip Power Distribution Grids.- Variation of Grid Inductance with Frequency.- Inductance/Area/Resistance Tradeoffs Inductance Model of Interdigitated Power and Ground Distribution Networks.- On-chip Power Noise Reduction Techniques in High Performance ICs.- Impedance/Noise Issues in On-Chip Power Distribution Networks.- Impedance Characteristics of Multi-Layer Grids.- Multi-Layer Interdigitated Power Distribution Networks.- Multiple On-Chip Power Supply Systems.- On-Chip Power Distribution Grids with Multiple Supply Voltages.- Background for Decoupling Capacitance.- Decoupling Capacitors for Multi-Voltage Power Distribution Systems.- Effective Radii of On-Chip Decoupling Capacitors.- Efficient Placement of Distributed On-Chip Decoupling Capacitors.- Simultaneous Co-Design of Distributed On-Chip Power Supplies and Decoupling Capacitors.- Conclusions.