• DocumentCode
    968610
  • Title

    Supply noise and CMOS synchronization errors

  • Author

    Portmann, Clemenz L. ; Meng, Teresa H Y

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1015
  • Lastpage
    1017
  • Abstract
    The effects of supply disturbances on synchronization failures in CMOS latches are examined. In contrast to prior work, supply noise is shown to increase a synchronizer´s metastability error rate. Buffering the synchronizer to reduce these errors is shown to have little effect on the noise immunity. Measured results are presented from a test setup with a 2-μm CMOS test chip to verify the findings
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; errors; flip-flops; integrated circuit noise; synchronisation; CMOS latches; CMOS synchronization errors; metastability error rate; noise immunity; supply disturbances; supply noise; synchronization failures; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Clocks; Error analysis; Frequency synchronization; Inverters; Latches; Metastasis; Semiconductor device measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.406400
  • Filename
    406400