• DocumentCode
    285420
  • Title

    Optimal methods of driving interconnections in VLSI circuits

  • Author

    Nekili, Mohamed ; Savaria, Yvon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    10-13 May 1992
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Techniques for driving long interconnections in VLSI circuits are considered. Methods based on regularly inserted repeaters are reviewed, and it is shown that one of these is optimal. The main conclusions are that with the most accurate model of an interconnection (a π-model) used, the optimal repeater is an appropriately sized inverter and that, when the interconnection is resistive, a double-stage repeater performs better than an exponential horn of inverters
  • Keywords
    VLSI; integrated logic circuits; invertors; network routing; π-model; VLSI circuits; double-stage repeater; long interconnections; optimal methods; optimal repeater; regularly inserted repeaters; Circuit synthesis; Delay effects; Design methodology; Integrated circuit interconnections; Inverters; Logic; Parasitic capacitance; Repeaters; Systolic arrays; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1992. ISCAS '92. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0593-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230024
  • Filename
    230024