Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI '98
Design of Clock Distribution Networks in Presence of Process Variations
Lafayette, Louisiana
February 19-February 24
ISBN: 0-8186-8409-7
Tolerance to process-induced skew remains one of the major concerns in the design of large-area and high-speed clock distribution networks. Indeed, despite the availability of some efficient exact-zero skew algorithms that can be applied during circuit design, the clock skew remains an important performance limiting factor after chip manufacturing, and is of increasing concern for sub-micron technologies. This tutorial reviews the importance of the problem, its sources, as well as typical examples of existing solutions. Solutions range from design rules strategies to built-in self-compensation methods.
Index Terms:
clock skew, clock distribution, process variations
Citation:
M. Nekili, Y. Savaria, G. Bois, "Design of Clock Distribution Networks in Presence of Process Variations," glsvlsi, pp.95, Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI '98, 1998