A 965-Mb/s 1.0-μm standard CMOS twin-pipe serial/parallel multiplier

This paper presents a two´s complement high-speed twin-pipe serial/parallel multiplier architecture which produces y=cd, where c is the parallel coefficient and d is the serial data. The multiplier is based on the twin pipeline (twin-pipe) concept, in which two data bits are processed each clock cycle. The high serial data throughput rate is mainly due to the use of: 1) a novel twin-pipe architecture, 2) new twin-pipe adder types, and 3) a new multiplier circuit structure. A 4-bit high-speed twin-pipe serial/parallel multiplier, on an active area of 0.224 mm², has been designed and fabricated in a 1.0-μm N-well double-metal single-poly CMOS process. Testing of the multiplier shows that the maximal serial data throughput rate is 965 Mb/s at V_dd=5 V