Average propagation delay in a ripple adder

  • Vainstein, Feodor (Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program School of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology) ;
  • Levitin, Lev B. (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering Boston University)
  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

An expression for the average carry propagation delay in a ripple carry adder is obtained which is exact up to terms of the order 0(n$\^$-1/ln n). The case of several adders working in parallel is also considered.

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