| Title | Designing a via-configurable regular fabric |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Authors | Ran, Y, Marek-Sadowska, M |
| Conference Name | Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 |
| Date Published | oct. |
| Keywords | application specific integrated circuits, basic logic block, flip-flops, integrated circuit design, integrated circuit interconnections, integrated circuit measurement, inter-block connections, intra-block connections, logic design, logic testing, mask cost, masks, programmable logic devices, programmable via mask customized interconnects, segmented prefabricated wires, standard-cell- based designs, via-configurable functional cells, via-configurable regular fabric architecture, via-configurable regular fabric design, via-decomposable flip-flop |
| Abstract | In this paper we present an architecture of a via-configurable regular fabric. The basic logic block is composed of via-configurable functional cells placed in a circular fashion along with a via-decomposable flip-flop. Segmented, prefabricated wires provide the intra-block and inter-block connections. All the interconnects can be customized using a set of programmable via masks. This architecture can achieve performance similar to that of standard-cell-based designs in a comparable area, but with greatly reduced mask cost. |
| DOI | 10.1109/CICC.2004.1358840 |
