Clock Skew Analysis in Optical Clock Distribution Network

Author

Tosik, Grzegorz ; Abramowicz, Filip ; Lisik, Zbigniew ; Gaffiot, Frederic

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Tech. Univ. of Lodz, Lodz

fYear

2007

fDate

19-24 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

425

Abstract

The optical clock distribution has been considered to alleviate limitations due to metallic interconnections for future generation of VLSI. It can be interesting only, if it is able to provide some substantial improvement of IC features. This paper studies the effects of the VLSI structure thermal gradients on the clock skew in optical clock distribution network CDN.

Keywords

VLSI; clocks; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; optical planar waveguides; system-on-chip; thermal analysis; CDN; SoC; VLSI structure; clock skew analysis; metallic interconnections; optical clock distribution network; optical interconnect; planar optical waveguide; thermal gradients; Clocks; Electromagnetic waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; CDN; Clock skew; Optical Clock Distribution System; Optical interconnect; SoC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CAD Systems in Microelectronics, 2007. CADSM '07. 9th International Conference - The Experience of Designing and Applications of

Conference_Location

Lviv-Polyana

Print_ISBN

966-533-587-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CADSM.2007.4297605

Filename

4297605