Phase I: High-performance clock multiplier units

第一阶段：高性能时钟倍频器单元

• 批准号: 560696-2021
• 负责人: Shekhar, Sudip
• 金额: $ 9.11万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=723928
• 关键词: Phase; performance; clock; multiplier; units

Our team at UBC is developing a novel clock multiplier unit (CMU). Our system leverages a novel radio frequency shifter that was invented in our lab to develop a system with a smaller area, lower power consumption, and higher frequency than a typical CMU existing in the market. A key differentiation is to provide many outputs with fractional frequency shifts from the input. Our goals for this proposal are to develop an evaluation board that can automatically calibrate its performance based on the required clock multiplication factor, and demonstrate operation of the prototype over process, voltage, and temperature variations and long-term operation. These technical milestones were set based on feedback from companies that were interviewed and who indicated a need for a high-performance CMU within the microelectronics market for access, infrastructure and connectivity. The interviewed companies indicated their willingness to beta-test our prototype in an industrial setting following the successful completion of this I2I phase I, with a view to becoming an early adopter.

我们在UBC的团队正在开发一种新型的时钟乘法器单元（CMU）。我们的系统利用了我们实验室发明的新型射频移频器，开发了一个比市场上现有的典型CMU面积更小、功耗更低、频率更高的系统。一个关键的区别是提供了许多输出与输入的小数频率偏移。我们的目标是开发一个评估板，可以根据所需的时钟倍增因子自动校准其性能，并演示原型在工艺、电压和温度变化以及长期运行时的操作。这些技术里程碑是根据接受采访的公司的反馈确定的，这些公司表示在微电子市场中需要高性能的CMU，用于接入，基础设施和连接。受访公司表示，在I2I第一阶段成功完成后，他们愿意在工业环境中测试我们的原型，以期成为早期采用者。