Title :
Dedicated solution for local clock programing in GALS designs
Author_Institution :
Electron.&Comput. Dept., Univ. Transilvania of Brasov, Brasov
Abstract :
The paper presents a novel and flexible solution for programming and calibration of the locally clock generator part of the GALS architecture with reduce area and time overhead. The proposed solution introduces an algorithm used to perform the programming and calibration as well as a off-line SW tool that analyse the design requirements and generates the clock parameters coded such way to minimise the computational effort of the HW modules.
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; calibration; clocks; electronic engineering computing; formal specification; hardware-software codesign; integrated circuit design; logic design; GALS architecture; GALS design; HW module; SW tool; calibration; design requirement; globally asynchronous locally synchronous circuit; local clock generator; local clock programming; Algorithm design and analysis; Calibration; Clocks; Energy consumption; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Manufacturing processes; Ring oscillators; Signal generators; Synchronous generators; GALS; local clock;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2008. CAS 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2004-9
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2008.4703435