Timing Optimization Through Clock Skew Scheduling

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   Pages 1-6

3. VLSI Systems

   Pages 7-18

4. Signal Delay in VLSI Systems

   Pages 19-39

5. Timing Properties of Synchronous Systems

   Pages 41-70

6. Clock Skew Scheduling and Clock Tree Synthesis

   Pages 71-96

7. Clock Skew Scheduling of Level-Sensitive Circuits

   Pages 97-120

8. Clock Skew Scheduling for Improved Reliability

   Pages 121-143

9. Delay Insertion and Clock Skew Scheduling

   Pages 145-165

10. Practical Considerations

    Pages 167-181

11. Clock Skew Scheduling in Rotary Clocking Technology

    Pages 183-204

12. Experimental Results

    Pages 205-241

13. Back Matter

    Pages 243-265

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History of the Book The last three decades have witnessed an explosive development in - tegrated circuit fabrication technologies. The complexities of current CMOS circuits are reaching beyond the 65 nanometer feature size and multi-hundred million transistors per integrated circuit. To fully exploit this technological potential, circuit designers use sophisticated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools. While supporting the talents of innumerable microelectronics engineers, these CAD tools have become the enabling factor responsible for the succe- ful design and implementation of thousands of high performance, large scale integrated circuits. This book (a research monograph) originated from a body of doctoral d- sertationresearchcompletedbythe?rstauthorattheUniversityofRochester from 1994 to 1999 while under the supervision of Prof. Eby G. Friedman. This research focuses on issues in the design of the clock distribution network in large scale, high performance digital synchronous circuits and particularly, on algorithmsfornon-zero clockskewscheduling.Duringthedevelopmentofthis research, it became clear that incorporating timing issues into the successful integrated circuit design process is of fundamental importance, particularly in that advanced theoretical developments in this area have been slow to reach the designers’ desktops. The second edition of the book is enhanced by the body of doctoral dissertation research completed by the second author at the University of Pittsburgh from 2000 to 2005 under the supervision of Prof.

• Circuit Timing
• Clock Skew Scheduling
• Clock Timing
• Computer
• EDA
• Optimization
• Placement Methodologies
• Signal
• VLSI
• VLSI CAD
• algorithms
• automation
• integrated circuit
• microprocessor
• programming

• University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, USA

  Ivan S. Kourtev

• Drexel University Philadelphia, USA

  Baris Taskin

• University of Rochester Rochester, USA

  Eby G. Friedman

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