TY - GEN
T1 - Self-timed regenerators for high-speed and low-power interconnect
AU - Seo, Jae Sun
AU - Singh, Prashant
AU - Sylvester, Dennis
AU - Blaauw, David
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this paper, we propose a new circuit technique called self-timed regenerator (STR) to improve both speed and power for on-chip global interconnects. The proposed circuits are placed along global wires to compensate the loss in resistive wires and to amplify the effect of inductance in the wires to enable transmission line like behavior. For different wire widths, the number of STR and sizing of the transistors are optimized to accelerate the signal propagation while consuming minimum power. In 90nm CMOS technology, STR design achieved a delay improvement of 14% over the conventional repeater design. Furthermore, 20% power reduction is achieved for iso-delay, and 8% delay improvement for iso-power compared with the repeater design.
AB - In this paper, we propose a new circuit technique called self-timed regenerator (STR) to improve both speed and power for on-chip global interconnects. The proposed circuits are placed along global wires to compensate the loss in resistive wires and to amplify the effect of inductance in the wires to enable transmission line like behavior. For different wire widths, the number of STR and sizing of the transistors are optimized to accelerate the signal propagation while consuming minimum power. In 90nm CMOS technology, STR design achieved a delay improvement of 14% over the conventional repeater design. Furthermore, 20% power reduction is achieved for iso-delay, and 8% delay improvement for iso-power compared with the repeater design.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISQED.2007.141
DO - 10.1109/ISQED.2007.141
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548133321
SN - 0769527957
SN - 9780769527956
T3 - Proceedings - Eighth International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2007
SP - 621
EP - 626
BT - Proceedings - Eighth International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2007
T2 - 8th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2007
Y2 - 26 March 2007 through 28 March 2007
ER -