Bridging the gap between asynchronous design and designers

Author

Beerel, Peter A. ; Cortadella, Jordi ; Kondratyev, Alex

Author_Institution

Fulcrum Microsyst., Calabasas Hills, CA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

2004

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

20

Abstract

This paper deals with the basic concepts of asynchronous circuits, state-of-the-art tools and methodologies for design of asynchronous circuits. This paper covers the aspects such as specification, architectural design and controller synthesis tools of asynchronous circuits. The design methodology of control circuits based on specifications with signal transition graphs is presented. This paper also deals with the design of complex circuits with different clock domains and desynchronisation of synchronous circuits.

Keywords

Petri nets; asynchronous circuits; logic design; network synthesis; architectural design; asynchronous circuits; asynchronous design; clock domains; complex circuits; control circuits; controller synthesis tools; desynchronisation; signal transition graphs; state of the art tools; synchronous circuits; Asynchronous circuits; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Delay; Design automation; Design methodology; Integrated circuit synthesis; Logic; Signal synthesis; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, 2004. Proceedings. 17th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2072-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVD.2004.1260895

Filename

1260895