—Integrated circuit process technology is entering the ultra deep submicron era. At this level, interconnect structure becomes very stiff and the metal resistance shielding effec...
Higher operating frequencies have increased the importance of inductance in power and ground networks. The effective inductance of the power and ground network can be reduced with...
This paper introduces several new component clustering techniques for the optimization of asynchronous systems. In particular, novel “Burst-Mode aware” restrictions are impose...
Tiberiu Chelcea, Steven M. Nowick, Andrew Bardsley...
This paper presents a self-compensation scheme of manufacturing variability for clock skew reduction. In the proposed scheme, a CDN with embedded variability sensors tunes variabl...
We present an unconventional clock distribution that emphasizes flexibility and layout independence. It suits a variety of applications, clock domain shapes and sizes using a modu...