摘要:
A method for wiring a power supply for a large-scale integrated circuit. The power supply wires define a power supply grid surrounding lattice openings with fixed longitudinal and transverse lattice dimensions. The wire width is determined based on the integrated circuit chip size, the number of function circuits to be on the integrated circuit, the electrical power requirements of the function circuits, and the fixed longitudinal and transverse lattice dimensions. Longitudinal and transverse locations of the power supply wires chips are determined based on the determined wire width and the fixed longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the lattice openings. Alternatively, the wire width may be fixed and the dimensions of the lattice openings determined based on the integrated circuit chip size, the number of function circuits, the electrical power requirements of the function circuits and that wire width. When the electrical power requirement of a function circuit is significantly larger than that of another function circuit, the wire width may be increased in the vicinity of the one function circuit. When the function circuits include a large-scale function block, a wire width around a region of the integrated circuit chip in which the large-scale block is to be disposed may be selected which results in a wire area equal to the wire area of the power supply wire that would occupy the particular region for usual function circuits.
摘要:
A data processing apparatus, including a number of electronic circuit units, in which high-speed data can be transmitted among the electronic circuit units. When data is transmitted from one electronic circuit unit to another electronic circuit unit, a clock signal to fetch the data in the sink side electronic circuit unit is transmitted from the source side electronic circuit unit via a clock signal line having the same signal propagation delay characteristics as those of the data signal line.
摘要:
A variable delay circuit including delay devices each having a plurality of delay units connected successively, only some of the delay units of the delay devices being connected to a signal transmission line, wherein a delay time is controlled by activating or inactivating the plurality of delay units according to control signals applied to control input terminals provided respectively for said plurality of delay units. A clock signal supply device for supplying a second clock signal to a logic circuit block, said clock signal supply device having a clock signal generator for generating a first clock signal and a reference signal and a phase adjusting means for adjusting the phase of the first clock signal phased on a phase difference between the first clock signal and the reference signal and outputting the phase-adjusted signal as a second clock signal, wherein the phase adjusting unit comprises a first variable delay circuit capable of delay operation in initial adjustment of the first clock signal, a second variable delay circuit, disposed in series with the first variable delay circuit, for performing the delay operation after the initial adjustment, and control circuits for controlling delay times of the first and second variable delay circuits.
摘要:
Multi-phase clock signals are delivered to a large number of load circuits scattered on a chip from clock signal input pins through at least three stage buffer circuits. The first stage buffer circuits are arranged in the neighborhood of the input pins, and the second stage buffer circuits are arranged on the central portion of the chip. Equivalent-length wirings are made between the successive two stage buffer circuits and the same number of subsequent stage buffer circuit are connected with each of certain stage buffer circuits for the respective phases so as to provide equal resistances and equal capacitances. Equivalent-length wirings are also made between final stage buffer circuits and the corresponding load circuits, and the same number of load circuits are connected with each final stage buffer circuit. Thus, equal delay times are provided in the clock signal paths from the input pins to the load circuits at the respective phases.
摘要:
This invention discloses a clock distribution system which distributes a first clock signal as a reference clock as the reference for the phase and frequency to each processing unit (e.g. LSI) and generates a multi-phase second clock signal to be used in each processing unit by a delay circuit group whose delay time is adjusted. The clock distribution system comprises a clock generation block for generating a one-phase reference clock; a first control loop for comparing the phase of the reference clock with the phase of a feedback signal and adjusting the phase of the reference clock so that their phases are in agreement; and a second control loop including a delay circuit group consisting of a plurality of variable delay circuits to which the reference clock phase-adjusted by the first control loop is inputted and which are connected in series, and means for generating a multi-phase clock signal by use of the output signal of each of the plurality of variable delay circuits and the phase-adjusted referencde clock, controlling the delay time of the plurality of variable delay circuits so as to accomplish a predetermined relation with the period of the phase-adjusted reference clock and applying one of the multi-phase clock signals as the feedback signal described above to the first control loop.
摘要:
A signal transmitting circuit includes a circuit block having a driving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting a signal from the driving circuit, a circuit block having a receiving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting the signal to said receiving circuit, and a main interblock transmission line for propagating a signal between the driving and receiving circuit blocks. The inter-block transmission line is terminated by a resistor having substantially the same impedance as the interblock transmission line. The intra-block transmission lines are provided with a resistance element having a resistance substantially equal to a value derived by subtracting half of an impedance of the inter-block transmission line from an impedance of the intra-block transmission line, to lower signal amplitude and suppress reflections of a signal at branch points along the main interblock transmission line, thereby enabling a high-speed signal transfer.
摘要:
A signal transmitting circuit includes a circuit block having a driving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting a signal from the driving circuit, a circuit block having a receiving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting the signal to said receiving circuit, and a main interblock transmission line for propagating a signal between the driving and receiving circuit blocks. The inter-block transmission line is terminated by a resistor having substantially the same impedance as the interblock transmission line. The intra-block transmission lines are provided with a resistance element having a resistance substantially equal to a value derived by subtracting half of an impedance of the inter-block transmission line from an impedance of the intra-block transmission line, to lower signal amplitude and suppress reflections of a signal at branch points along the main interblock transmission line, thereby enabling a high-speed signal transfer.
摘要:
A signal transmitting circuit includes a circuit block having a driving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting a signal from the driving circuit, a circuit block having a receiving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting the signal to said receiving circuit, and a main interblock transmission line for propagating a signal between the driving and receiving circuit blocks. The inter-block transmission line is terminated by a resistor having substantially the same impedance as the interblock transmission line. The intra-block transmission lines are provided with a resistance element having a resistance substantially equal to a value derived by subtracting half of an impedance of the inter-block transmission line from an impedance of the intra-block transmission line, to lower signal amplitude and suppress reflections of a signal at branch points along the main interblock transmission line, thereby enabling a high-speed signal transfer.
摘要:
An electronic device comprising a semiconductor chip which is fixed to the mounting face of a wiring board through an adhesive and in which external terminals are electrically connected with electrode pads of the wiring board through bump electrodes. Recesses are formed in the electrode pads, and in the recesses the electrode pads and the bump electrodes are connected. The electrode pads are formed over the surface of a soft layer, and the recesses are formed by elastic deformation of the electrode pads and the soft layer.
摘要:
A fast transfer bus system capable of fast data transfer with no reflection at branch points. Four LSIs having constant-impedance interfaces are connected via two variable resistors each having three signal terminals. A variable impedance LSI is connected between these variable resistors. When the LSIs connected to the variable resistor do not work as a bus driver, three variable resistance elements in each variable resistor are set to have a value of ⅓ of the characteristic impedance Zo of connection lines, and are connected in a Y-letter shape. When one of LSIs connected to the variable resistor works as a bus driver, the values of the variable resistance elements are set to low impedance or Zo.