Title :
Behavioral transformations to increase noise immunity in asynchronous specifications
Author :
Taubin, Alexander ; Kondratyev, Alexander ; Cortadella, Jordi ; Lavagno, Luciano
Author_Institution :
Aizu Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Noise immunity is becoming one of the most important design parameters for deep-sub-micron (DSM) technologies. Asynchronous circuits seem to be a good candidate to alleviate the problems originated by simultaneous switching noise. However, they are also more sensitive than synchronous ones to spurious signal transitions and delay variations produced by crosstalk noise. This paper addresses the problem of analyzing and synthesizing asynchronous circuits with noise immunity being the main design parameter. The techniques presented in the paper focus on crosstalk noise and tackle the problem from the behavioral point of view
Keywords :
VLSI; asynchronous circuits; circuit CAD; crosstalk; delays; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; network analysis; transients; 100 nm; asynchronous circuits; asynchronous specifications; behavioral transformations; crosstalk noise; deep-sub-micron technologies; design parameters; lay variations; noise immunity; simultaneous switching noise; spurious signal transitions; Circuit noise; Clocks; Crosstalk; Delay; Electronic switching systems; Magnetic noise; Noise reduction; Read only memory; Threshold voltage; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings., Fifth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0031-5
DOI :
10.1109/ASYNC.1999.761521
