Title :
VLSI performance compensation for off-chip drivers and clock generation
Author :
Cox, Dennis T. ; Guertin, David L. ; Johnson, Charles L. ; Rudolph, Bruce G. ; Williams, Robert R. ; Piro, Ronald A. ; Stout, Douglas W.
Abstract :
A major problem in VLSI system design is controlling off-chip driver characteristics and skew in clock generation as process parameters, temperature, and supply voltage vary. A control circuit methodology has been developed that senses the relative performance of a CMOS chip and transmits a digitally encoded state to off-chip driver and clock generation circuits to control their operating characteristics
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; clocks; compensation; digital integrated circuits; driver circuits; synchronisation; CMOS chip; VLSI; clock generation; control circuit methodology; digital ICs; digitally encoded state; off-chip drivers; offchip drivers; operating characteristics; performance compensation; process parameters; skew; supply voltage; temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1989.56752
