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Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability
December 1995 (vol. 44 no. 12)
pp. 1456-1461
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M.j. Bellido, M. Valencia, J.l. Huertas, A.j. Acosta, S. Sánchez-Solano, "Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 1456-1461, December, 1995.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.477251,
author = {M.j. Bellido and M. Valencia and J.l. Huertas and A.j. Acosta and S. Sánchez-Solano},
title = {Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {44},
number = {12},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1995},
pages = {1456-1461},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.477251},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability
IS - 12
SN - 0018-9340
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EPD - 1456-1461
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KW - modular design
KW - Q-flop resolver.
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Abstract—The purpose of this paper is to present a novel modular N-user asynchronous arbiter circuit which is insensitive to metastable operation (i.e., the new arbiter cannot fail because of metastability), operating asynchronously and incorporating a modular architecture. A 1.5μm CMOS prototype arbiter has been designed and tested. Laboratory tests demonstrate the arbiter operates correctly.

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Index Terms:
Asynchronous circuits, arbitration, metastability, modular design, Q-flop resolver.
Citation:
M.j. Bellido, M. Valencia, J.l. Huertas, A.j. Acosta, S. Sánchez-Solano, "Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 1456-1461, Dec. 1995, doi:10.1109/12.477251
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