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ABSTRACT

We introduce a three-dimensional simulation tool for capacitive and thermal investigations of interconnect structures. Basic geometric operations are applied on the two-dimensional layout data to obtain the three-dimensional simulation structure. For the numerical investigations the finite element method is used. By means of several examples we point out the advantages, key features and limitations of our layout-based simulation approach.



Rainer Sabelka
1998-01-30