Investigations into intrachip wireless interconnection for ultra large scale integration technology

The wireless interconnection has attracted much attention recently as an alternative to the conventional wired interconnection in the ultra large scale integration (ULSI) technology. In this paper, a wireless interconnection operating at 25 GHz, which utilizes novel antenna in the form of a tapered slot structure, is described. The design takes into account an environment similar to the one used in the ultra large scale integration technology. The effects of the existing wired interconnections are included in the performance analysis of this structure. The results, obtained for the wireless link using the new antenna, are compared with those offered by a wired interconnection and the alternative antennas reported in the literature.