Inductive interconnect width optimization for low power

The width of an interconnect line a ects the total power consumed by a circuit A tradeo exists however between the dynamic power and the short circuit power in determin ing the width of inductive interconnect The optimum line width that minimizes the total transient power dissipation is determined in this paper A closed form solution for the op timum width with an error of less than is presented For a speci c set of line parameters and resistivities the power is reduced by almost as compared to a minimum wire width Considering the driver size in the design process the optimum wire and driver size that minimizes the total tran sient power is also determined