Title :
A new control circuit for asynchronous micropipelines
Author :
Choy, Chiu-Sing ; Butas, Jan ; Povazanic, J. ; Chan, Cheong-Fat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a new configuration of an asynchronous micropipeline, called locally distributed asynchronous (LDA) micropipeline, using a new control circuit. The control circuit generates local control signals according to the 4-phase signaling protocol. The control circuit is used to control the dynamic logic in the datapath. Comparisons based on simulations with other earlier published asynchronous micropipelines are also presented
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; logic design; protocols; 4-phase signaling protocol; asynchronous micropipelines; control circuit; dynamic logic; locally distributed asynchronous micropipeline; Circuits; Clocks; Communication system control; Delay; Energy consumption; Logic; Protocols; Signal generators; Silicon; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
