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Testable Clock Routing Architecture for Field Programmable Gate Arrays
, , J. Mupid Amol, S. Ramani Aditya
Published in Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2003
Pages: 1044 - 1047
Abstract

This paper describes an efficient methodology for testing dedicated clock lines in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). A H-tree based clocking architecture is proposed along with a test scheme. The H-tree architecture provides optimal clock skew characteristics. The H-tree architecture consumes at least 25% less of the routing resources when compared to conventional clock routing schemes. A testing scheme, which utilizes the partial reconfiguration capabilities of FPGAs through selective re-programming of the Complex Logic Blocks, to detect and locate faults in the clock lines is proposed

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JournalData powered by TypesetField Programmable Logic and Application
PublisherData powered by TypesetSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
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