Logic Design for Array-Based Circuits

Copyright © 1996, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2016 Donnamaie E. White, WhitePubs Enterprises, Inc.

• Table of Contents
  
• Preface
  
• Overview
  
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  
• Chapter 2 Structured Design Methodology
• Chapter 3 Sizing the Design
• Chapter 3 Appendix = Case Study in Sizing a Design
• Chapter 4 Design Optimization
• Chapter 5 Timing Analysis for Arrays
• Chapter 6 External Set-up and Hold Times
  • Introduction
  • Case 1: When the Timing Specifications Are Nominal
  • Case 2: When The Timing Specifications Are Worst-Case
  • Example - AMCC Q1400 BiCMOS Series
  • Example - AMCC Q20000 Bipolar Series
  • External Hold Time (MIL5, COM5)
  • Converting COM5 to COM4, MIL5 to MIL4
• Case Study: Preventing Hold Violations Due To Clock Skew
  • Hold Time Considerations
  • Overcoming Hold Time Error
  • Design Check
• Computing Hold Time in the Register Example
• Minimum Library (Q5000 Series)
• Military Library (Q5000 Series)
• Exercises
• Chapter 7 Power Considerations
• Case Study: DC Power Computation
• Case Study: AC Power Computation
• Chapter 8 Simulation
• Case Study: Simulation
• Chapter 9 Faults and Fault Detection
• Chapter 10 Design Submission
• ASIC Glossary
  • Glossary A-D
  • Glossary E-K
  • Glossary L-R
  • Glossary S-Z
  • Symbols

External Set-Up and Hold Times

Last Edit July 22, 2001

Case Study: Preventing Hold Violations Due To Clock Skew

Hold Time Considerations

Assume a typical 32-Bit shift register being driven by two clocks. No extraordinary design considerations are needed to maintain hold time when the Q output and D input are on flip/flops that are driven by the same clock net. (See Figure 6-4.) The AMCC Q5000 Bipolar macro library is used in the example.

Figure 6-4 32-Bit Register: Single Clock Path

If the clock nets are different (Figure 6-5), the two clock paths need to be analyzed to determine if the required hold time has been satisfied. Differences in tracking, fan-out and metal lengths between the paths can be significant and cause enough delay in the second path (PATH 2) to create a hold time

Figure 6-5 32-Bit Register: Two Clock Paths, Balanced Tree

CLK through D1 and through clock->Q on FF15 is the data path for the hold time computation for FF16. CLK through D2 and coming into the C input of FF16 is the corresponding clock path. The macro hold time, shown as Th for FF16, cannot be violated.

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