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Design and Implementation of VLSI Systems (EN1600) Lecture 23: Sequential Circuit Design (2/2). Prof. Sherief Reda Division of Engineering, Brown University Spring 2008. [sources: Weste/Addison Wesley – Rabaey/Pearson]. Sequencing methods. Sequencing timing terminology.
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Design and Implementation of VLSI Systems (EN1600) Lecture 23: Sequential Circuit Design (2/2) Prof. Sherief Reda Division of Engineering, Brown University Spring 2008 [sources: Weste/Addison Wesley – Rabaey/Pearson]
How much time can be borrowed? Tborrow <= Tc/2 –(tsetup + tnonoverlap)
We have assumed zero clock skew Clocks really have uncertainty in arrival time Decreases maximum propagation delay Increases minimum contamination delay Decreases time borrowing 4. Clock Skew