Design of Asynchronous Library and Implementation of Interface for Heterogeneous System

We designed asynchronous event logic library with 0.25$\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS technology and interface chip for heterogeneous system with high-speed asynchronous FIFO operating at 1.6㎓. Optimized asynchronous standard cell layouts and Verilog models are designed for top-down design methodology. A method for mitigating a design bottleneck when it comes to tolerate clock skew is described. This communication scheme using clock control circuits, which is used for the free of synchronization failures, is analyzed and implemented. With clock control circuit and FIFO, high-speed communication between synchronous modules operating at different clock frequencies or with asynchronous modules is performed. The core size of implemented high-speed 32bit-interface chip for heterogeneous system is about 1.1mm ${\times}$ 1.1mm.