Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits

T.J. Chaney; C.E. Molnar

doi:10.1109/T-C.1973.223730

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1973
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Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits

April 1973 (vol. 22 no. 4)

pp. 421-422

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	T.J. Chaney, C.E. Molnar, "Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 421-422, April, 1973.

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	@article{ 10.1109/T-C.1973.223730, author = {T.J. Chaney and C.E. Molnar}, title = {Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers}, volume = {22}, number = {4}, issn = {0018-9340}, year = {1973}, pages = {421-422}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/T-C.1973.223730}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers TI - Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits IS - 4 SN - 0018-9340 SP421 EP422 EPD - 421-422 A1 - T.J. Chaney, A1 - C.E. Molnar, PY - 1973 KW - Asynchronous interactions KW - binary switching time KW - flip-flop metastable region KW - interrupt failure KW - synchronizer failure mode. VL - 22 JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers ER -

T.J. Chaney, Computer Systems Laboratory, Washington University

C.E. Molnar

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Observations are shown of oscillatory and metastable behavior of flip-flops in response to logically undefined input conditions such as those that occur in synchronizers and arbiters. Significant systems failures have resulted from this fundamentally inescapable problem that is generally not appreciated by system designers and users.

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Asynchronous interactions, binary switching time, flip-flop metastable region, interrupt failure, synchronizer failure mode.

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T.J. Chaney, C.E. Molnar, "Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 421-422, April 1973, doi:10.1109/T-C.1973.223730

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