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Cutting Metastability Using Aperture Transformation
September 2004 (vol. 53 no. 9)
pp. 1200-1204
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Pradeep Varma, B.S. Panwar, K.N. Ramganesh, "Cutting Metastability Using Aperture Transformation," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1200-1204, September, 2004.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TC.2004.59,
author = {Pradeep Varma and B.S. Panwar and K.N. Ramganesh},
title = {Cutting Metastability Using Aperture Transformation},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {53},
number = {9},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {2004},
pages = {1200-1204},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TC.2004.59},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Cutting Metastability Using Aperture Transformation
IS - 9
SN - 0018-9340
SP1200
EP1204
EPD - 1200-1204
A1 - Pradeep Varma,
A1 - B.S. Panwar,
A1 - K.N. Ramganesh,
PY - 2004
KW - Metastability
KW - synchronizer
KW - aperture
KW - runt
KW - metastable detection
KW - hardening
KW - Schmitt trigger.
VL - 53
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
ER -
 
Aperture transformation reduces metastability by trading unsafe edge arrival times with control signal metastability. We improve this further by providing 1) a new runt-free Schmitt trigger-based hardening technique using a controlled clock signal and 2) a new detection/compensation technique that overwrites controlled-clock metastability using set&clear controls.

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Index Terms:
Metastability, synchronizer, aperture, runt, metastable detection, hardening, Schmitt trigger.
Citation:
Pradeep Varma, B.S. Panwar, K.N. Ramganesh, "Cutting Metastability Using Aperture Transformation," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1200-1204, Sept. 2004, doi:10.1109/TC.2004.59
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