Design of a single layer programmable Structured ASIC library

Author

Chau, Thomas C P ; Wu, David W L ; Ai, Yan-Qing ; Chan, Brian P W ; Ho, Sam M H ; Lau, Oscar K L ; Yuen, Steve C L ; Pun, Kong-Pang ; Choy, Oliver C S ; Leong, Philip H W

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 April 2010

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

35

Abstract

A Structured Application-specific Integrated Circuit (SASIC) is a programmable fabric in which a small set of masks are customized for a particular application, serving to reduce the associated non-recurring engineering cost (NRE). In this paper we describe the implementation of a SASIC logic cell which is programmable via a single metal layer. A SASIC fabric prototype is fabricated and all implemented functions are verified on silicon. Experimental measurement verifies correct operation of our SASIC with a clock frequency of over 250 MHz.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit design; FPGA; SASIC fabric prototype; SASIC logic cell; Si; field programmable gate arrays; nonrecurring engineering cost; programmable fabric; single layer programmable structured ASIC library design; single metal layer; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Costs; Design engineering; Fabrics; Frequency measurement; Libraries; Logic; Prototypes; Silicon; application specific integrated circuits; digital integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (DDECS), 2010 IEEE 13th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6612-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DDECS.2010.5491823

Filename

5491823