THz Interconnect, the Last Centimeter Communication (2016)

Dr. Jane Gu
Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis

Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall 2009A
3:00 PM

Abstract – Ever increasing chip-to-chip communication bandwidth requirement continuously exceeds the bandwidth capabilities supported by chip I/O pins. The gap between the interconnect requirement and the capability forms “Interconnect Gap”. This talk presents one potential scheme, THz interconnect, to address the “Interconnect Gap” challenge. THz Interconnect, leveraging its unique spectrum position, holds the potential to utilize the benefits of both electrical interconnect’s low cost, high scalability processes and optical interconnect’s low loss channels. Therefore, it is promising to boost all the three key metrics of interconnect: bandwidth density, energy efficiency, and low cost, to address the long-standing issue. This talk presents THz interconnect active, passive component design and system demonstration.

Dr. Q. Jane Gu received her Ph.D. degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 2007. After graduation, she has worked in the industry for a short period. From August 2010 to August 2012, she was an assistant professor at University of Florida. Since August 2012, she has joined University of California, Davis as an assistant professor. Her research interest includes high efficiency, low power interconnect, RF/mmwave/ THz integrated circuits and System on Chip (SoC) design techniques, as well as integrated THz systems for communication, radar and imaging. She is the co-recipient of 4 conference best paper awards. She is the recipient of 2013 NSF Career Award and 2015 College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award.