CAREER: Rotary Clock Technology Integration

职业：旋转时钟技术集成

• 批准号: 0845270
• 负责人: Baris Taskin
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0845270&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Rotary; Clock; Technology; Integration

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."Achieving high quality synchronization with low power dissipation is a major objective in synchronous VLSI circuit design at high frequency regimes. In order to meet this objective, conventional clock design methodologies are constantly being improved. Also, next-generation alternatives to conventional clocking have been emerging. Resonant clocking technologies provide operating frequencies and power dissipation levels that are unprecedented in the state-of-the-art, bulk-CMOS VLSI IC implementations. These technologies must be characterized for on chip variations, have robust simulation models and be supported by specific design flows in order to be viable in high volume production. This project addresses such challenges in the design and design automation of resonant rotary clocking technology for high-volume IC production.With improved nanoscale design characterization and design automation methodologies, rotary clocking technology can be seamlessly integrated within the mainstream VLSI IC design flow. The broader impacts of the proposed research are in revolutionizing the clock synchronization methodology of digital VLSI synchronous circuits for low-power, multi-GHz operation and providing its sustainability over semiconductor technology scaling. Proposed low-power, multi-GHz high-performance clocking operation will have a major impact on all microelectronic systems, from field-deployable low power sensors to the world's fastest supercomputers. The research accomplishments will be disseminated through a wiki site and a book. Another important educational impact is on integrating nano-computing and technology concepts into computer engineering curriculum. A workshop on computing is planned for high school students as an integral part of the ongoing outreach projects in urban Philadelphia.

“这项奖励是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”以低功耗实现高质量同步是高频同步VLSI电路设计的主要目标。为了实现这一目标，传统的时钟设计方法正在不断改进。此外，传统时钟的下一代替代品已经出现。谐振时钟技术提供的工作频率和功耗水平在最先进的批量cmos VLSI集成电路实现中是前所未有的。这些技术必须具有片上变化的特征，具有强大的仿真模型，并得到特定设计流程的支持，以便在大批量生产中可行。该项目解决了大批量集成电路生产中谐振旋转时钟技术设计和设计自动化方面的挑战。随着纳米级设计表征和设计自动化方法的改进，旋转时钟技术可以无缝集成到主流VLSI IC设计流程中。所提出的研究的更广泛影响是革命性的数字VLSI同步电路的时钟同步方法，用于低功耗，多ghz操作，并提供其在半导体技术缩放上的可持续性。拟议的低功耗，多ghz高性能时钟操作将对所有微电子系统产生重大影响，从现场部署的低功耗传感器到世界上最快的超级计算机。研究成果将通过维基网站和书籍进行传播。另一个重要的教育影响是将纳米计算和技术概念整合到计算机工程课程中。计划为高中学生举办计算机研讨会，作为费城市区正在进行的外展项目的一个组成部分。