DocumentCode
1663406
Title
The magic of a via-configurable regular fabric
Author
Yajun Ran ; Marek-Sadowska, M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fYear
2004
Firstpage
338
Lastpage
343
Abstract
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive study of the mappability of a via-configurable gate array (VCGA). Although, the base cell of the VCGA is simple, by customizing only via masks it can implement various combinational logic functions, sequential elements, and SRAM cells. Our VCGA can be efficiently configured into SRAM arrays, adders and multipliers. The strong configurability of our VCGA allows us to minimize the number of fixed parts in a general-purpose VCGA fabric, which greatly improves area utilization.
Keywords
SRAM chips; adders; combinational circuits; integrated circuit design; logic arrays; logic design; multiplying circuits; sequential circuits; SRAM arrays; SRAM cells; adders; combinational logic functions; integrated circuit design; logic design; multipliers; via configurable gate array; via configurable regular fabric; Adders; Costs; Fabrics; Flexible printed circuits; Inverters; Logic arrays; Logic functions; Metallization; Radio access networks; Random access memory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 2004. ICCD 2004. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
ISSN
1063-6404
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2231-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCD.2004.1347943
Filename
1347943
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