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 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||