Title :
Skew analysis and design methodologies for improved performance of resonant clocking
Author :
Honkote, Vinayak ; Taskin, Baris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Resonant clocking technologies have gained increased attention due to their superiority of clock frequency, power dissipation and variation tolerance. Existing research on resonant standing wave and rotary clocking technologies have improved the tapping wirelength and the balance in the capacitive load. In this paper, a design automation scheme for the skew analysis of standing wave and rotary clocking is presented. The analysis considering capacitive balancing demonstrates the trends in the skew mismatch for both standing wave and rotary clocking technologies (20.56% and 3.05% of the clock signal period), proving the rotary clocking technology to be more favorable for a low skew application.
Keywords :
clocks; electronic design automation; logic design; capacitive balancing; capacitive load; clock frequency; design automation scheme; design methodologies; power dissipation; resonant clocking; resonant standing wave; rotary clocking technologies; skew analysis; skew mismatch; tapping wirelength; variation tolerance; Clocks; Design automation; Design methodology; Frequency; Load management; Oscillators; Performance analysis; Power dissipation; Resonance; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2009 International
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5034-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5035-0
DOI :
10.1109/SOCDC.2009.5423896
