• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2013

In highly reliable and durable systems, failures due to aging might result in catastrophes. Aging monitoring techniques to prevent catastrophes by predicting such a failure are required. Aging can be monitored by performing a delay test at faster clocks than functional clock in field and checking the current delay state from the test clock frequencies at which the delay test is passed or failed. In this paper, we focus on test clock control scheme for a system-on-chip (SoC) with multiple clock domains. We describe limitations of existing at-speed test clock control methods and present an on-chip faster-than-at-speed test clock control scheme for intra/inter-clock domain test. Experimental results show our simulation results and area analysis. With a simple control scheme, with low area overhead, and without any modification of scan architecture, the proposed method enables faster-than-at-speed test of SoCs with multiple clock domains.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.208-222
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• 2015

For the performance-efficient integration of IPs on an SoC utilizing heterochronous multi-clock domains, we propose a synchronization scheme that causes low latency overhead when data are crossing clock boundaries. The proposed synchronization scheme is composed of a clock predictor and a synchronizer. The clock predictor of a sender clock domain produces a predicted clock that is used in a receiver clock domain to detect possible synchronization failures in advance. When the possible synchronization failures are detected, a synchronizer at the receiver delays data-capture times to avoid the possible synchronization failures. From the simulation of the proposed scheme through SPICE modeling using a Chartered $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process, we verified the functionalities and timing behavior of the clock predictor and the synchronizer. The simulation results show that the clock predictor produces a predicted clock before a synchronization failure, and the synchronizer samples data correctly using the predicted clock.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2012

This paper presents a delay-locked-loop-based clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit design with a nB(n+2)B data formatting scheme for a high-speed serial display interface. The nB(n+2)B data is formatted by inserting a '01' clock information pattern in every piece of N-bit data. The proposed CDR recovers clock and data in 1:10 demultiplexed form without an external reference clock. To validate the feasibility of the scheme, a 1.7-Gbps CDR based on the proposed scheme is designed, simulated, and fabricated. Input data patterns were formatted as 10B12B for a high-performance display interface. The proposed CDR consumes approximately 8 mA under a 3.3-V power supply using a 0.35-${\mu}m$ CMOS process and the measured peak-to-peak jitter of the recovered clock is 44 ps.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.487-491
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크에서 클럭 동기화 시 악의적인 노드의 클럭 동기화 방해 공격에 대처하기 위한 비잔틴 오류 감내 클럭 동기화 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법은 클럭 동기화를 요구하는 노드가 m개의 악의적인 노드에 대처하기 위해 부모 노드뿐만 아니라 형제 노드로부터 3m+1개의 클럭 동기화 메시지를 수신하여 클럭동기화를 진행한다. 시뮬레이터를 이용한 성능 평가를 통하여, 제안 기법은 기존 클럭 동기화 기법에 비하여 악의적인 노드의 클럭 동기화 방해 공격 시 동기 정확도 측면에서 최대 7배 향상된 성능을 보여주었다.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제34D권1호
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• pp.30-34
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• 1997

An improved clock-feedthrough compensation scheme for switche dcurrent system is proposed. Both the signal dependent and the constant clock-feedthrough terms are cancelled by using both NMOS and PMOS current samplers and by adopting a source replication technique. The proposed current memory cell was fabricated with 0.6$\mu$m CMOS process. Both experimental and theoretical results on clock-feedthrough error reveal substantial reduction over the existing compensation schemes.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.854-862
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• 2010

One-way delay variation (OWDV) has become increasingly of interest to researchers as a way to evaluate network state and service quality, especially for real-time and streaming services such as voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and video. Many schemes for OWDV measurement require clock synchronization through the global-positioning system (GPS) or network time protocol. In clock-synchronized approaches, the accuracy of OWDV measurement depends on the accuracy of the clock synchronization. GPS provides highly accurate clock synchronization. However, the deployment of GPS on legacy network equipment might be slow and costly. This paper proposes a method for measuring OWDV that dispenses with clock synchronization. The clock synchronization problem is mainly caused by clock skew. The proposed approach is based on the measurement of inter-packet delay and accumulated OWDV. This paper shows the performance of the proposed scheme via simulations and through experiments in a VoIP network. The presented simulation and measurement results indicate that clock skew can be efficiently measured and removed and that OWDV can be measured without requiring clock synchronization.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

고속 저전력 디지털 시스템을 위해 클록 스큐를 최소화하고 동적 파워 소모를 줄이는 새로운 클록 분배 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 접힌 라인구조(FCL)과 위상 섞임 회로(phase blending circuit)을 이용하여 Zero-skew 특성을 갖는다. FCL에 적합한 라인 구조를 분석하기 위해, 마이크로 스트립과 코플라너 라인을 FCL형 클록 라인으로 분배되었다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 l0㎜ 떨어져 있는 두 리시버 사이의 최대 클록 스큐가 1㎓에서 10psec보다 적고 20㎜ 떨어져 있는 두 리시버 사이의 최대 클록 스큐는 1㎓에서 60 psec보다 작음을 보였다. 또한, 공정, 전압, 온도 변화에 무관하게 클록 신호들의 스큐가 변하지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2009

AiPi technology incorporates an embedded clock and control scheme with a point-to-point bus topology, thereby having the smallest possible number of interface lines between a timing controller and column drivers. A point-to-point architecture boosts the data rate and reduces the number of interface lines, because impedance matching can be easily achieved. An embedded clock and control scheme is implemented by means of multi-level signalling, which results in a simple clock/data recovery circuitry. A 46" AiPi-based 10-bit FHD prototype requires only 20 interface lines, compared to 38 lines for mini-LVDS. The measured maximum data rate per data pair is more than 800 Mbps.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권9A호
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• pp.868-877
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• 2006

센서 네트워크에서 시각 동기 기술은 위치 추적, 암호화 기술에서의 타임 스탬프, 타 노드들로부터의 같은 이벤트 중복 감지 인식, 기록된 이벤트들의 발생 순서 구분 등 다양한 응용을 위해 필수적이다. 그리고 최근 센서 네트워크에서 신뢰성 및 고장 허용성에 대한 문제가 최근 연구의 주요한 영역으로 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 네트워크 고장과 클럭 고장이라는 두가지 고장 모델을 가정하여 센서 네트워크에서 고장 허용 시각 관리 기법에 대해 제시한다. 제안한 기법은 노드 클럭의 불안정한 동요나 표류율에 심각한 변화가 발생하는 등의 고장이 발생했을 때 이러한 클럭 오류의 네트워크 전파를 제한하며 토폴로지 변화에 대응한다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 제안한 동기 기법이 기존의 TPSN과 비교하여 클럭 고장이 있을 때 동기화 비율이 $1.5{\sim}2.0$배 나은 성능을 보인다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.859-874
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• 2022

This paper presents a low-power and lightweight human body communication (HBC) receiver with an embedded dummy electrode for improved signal acquisition. The clock data recovery (CDR) circuit in the receiver operates with a low supply voltage and utilizes a clock phase inversion scheme. The receiver is equipped with a main electrode and dummy electrode that strengthen the capacitive-coupled signal at the receiver frontend. The receiver CDR circuit exploits a clock inversion scheme to allow 0.9-V operation while achieving a shorter lock time than at 3.3-V operation. In experiments, a receiver chip fabricated using 130-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology was demonstrated to successfully receive the transmitted signal when the transmitter and receiver are placed separately on each hand of the user while consuming only 4.98 mW at a 0.9-V supply voltage.