Coupling-aware minimum delay optimization for domino logic circuits

Ki Wook Kim, Seong Ook Jung, Sung Mo Kang

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Abstract

Minimum delay associated with the hold time requirement is a concern to circuit designers, since race-through hazards are inherent to any multiple clock organization or clock distribution tree irrespective of clock frequency. The monotonic property of domino logic aggravates the min-delay path failure through coupling-induced speedup. To tackle the min-delay problem for domino logic, we propose a min-delay optimization algorithm considering coupling effects. Experimental results indicate that our algorithm yields significant increase of min-delay without incurring max-delay violation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCAS 2001 - 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages371-374
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780366859, 9780780366855
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001
Event2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2001 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 2001 May 62001 May 9

Publication series

NameISCAS 2001 - 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Proceedings
Volume5

Other

Other2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2001
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period01/5/601/5/9

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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