Title :
Antifuse field programmable gate arrays
Author :
Greene, Jonathan ; Hamdy, Esmat ; Beal, Sam
Author_Institution :
BioCAD Corp., Mountain View, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An antifuse is an electrically programmable two-terminal device with small area and low parasitic resistance and capacitance. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) using antifuses in a segmented channel routing architecture now offer the digital logic capabilities of an 8000-gate conventional gate array and system speeds of 40-60 MHz. A brief survey of antifuse technologies is provided. the antifuse technology, routing architecture, logic module, design automation, programming, testing and use of ACT antifuse FPGAs are described. Some inherent tradeoffs involving the antifuse characteristics, routing architecture and logic module are illustrated
Keywords :
PLD programming; application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit testing; logic CAD; logic arrays; logic testing; network routing; 40 to 60 MHz; ACT; antifuse FPGAs; design automation; electrically programmable two-terminal device; field programmable gate arrays; logic module; programming; segmented channel routing architecture; testing; Electric resistance; Field programmable gate arrays; Logic arrays; Logic design; Logic devices; Logic programming; Logic testing; Parasitic capacitance; Programmable logic arrays; Routing;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
