Title
ZeROA: Zero Clock Skew Rotary Oscillatory Array
Abstract
Resonant rotary clocking is a clocking technology for high frequency clock generation and distribution at a low power dissipation rate. It is commonly conceived that the multiple phases on the rings of the rotary oscillatory array (ROA) necessitate a non-zero clock skew operation. In this paper, the feasibility of zero clock skew synchronization with the rotary clocking technology implemented on the ROA is shown. Design automation experiments are performed to demonstrate that the zero clock skew operation can be achieved with minimal change in the performance of rotary clock operation. In particular, a marginal ±1.5% change in the tapping wirelength and a negligible 0.38% average skew mismatch are reported in experiments on R1-R5 and ISPD 2010 benchmark circuits.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TVLSI.2011.2158458
VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
clocks,electronic design automation,synchronisation,ISPD 2010 benchmark circuit,R1-R5 benchmark circuit,ZeROA,clocking technology,design automation,high frequency clock distribution,high frequency clock generation,low power dissipation rate,nonzero clock skew operation,resonant rotary clocking,zero clock skew rotary oscillatory array,zero clock skew synchronization,Design automation,design methodology,oscillators,sequential circuits
Clock gating,Timing failure,Computer science,Clock domain crossing,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Clock skew,Skew,Digital clock manager,CPU multiplier,Clock angle problem
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
8
1063-8210
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.40
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vinayak Honkote1284.84
Baris Taskin222740.82