Title
Theory of Generalized Branch and Combine Clock Networks
Abstract
In a recent development a new clock distribution scheme, called Branch-and-Combine or BaC, has been introduced. The scheme is the first to guarantee constant skew bound regardless of network size. In this paper we generalize and extend the work on BaC networks. We establish some interesting results on clocking paths, node input sequences, node inputs' relative timing, network stability, and skew bound. Furthermore, this study establishes an upper bound on maximum clocking rates for BaC networks which is about double that predicted by earlier studies.
Year
DOI
Venue
1994
10.1109/ICPP.1994.190
ICPP (1)
Keywords
Field
DocType
combine clock networks,node input sequence,bac network,new clock distribution scheme,network size,node input,generalized branch,constant skew,clocking path,maximum clocking rate,earlier study,network stability,network topology,stability,synchronization,threshold voltage,upper bound,parallel processing,propagation delay
Network size,Synchronization,Propagation delay,Computer science,Upper and lower bounds,Parallel processing,Parallel computing,Network topology,Memory management,Skew,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8493-2493-9
1
0.38
References 
Authors
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ahmed El Amawy15510.92
Priyalal Kulasinghe2788.72