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Cell library and method for designing an asynchronous integrated circuit

US9430600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Yvain Thonnart · Grenoble, FR
Pascal Vivet · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2013
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An asynchronous integrated circuit is designed from a library of cells comprising at least one cell having parameters of signal propagation between a first terminal and a second terminal and between the second terminal and a third terminal depending on the parameter of signal propagation between the first and the third terminal. A synchronous integrated circuit corresponding to the asynchronous integrated circuit is synthesized using said cell to represent a portion of the asynchronous circuit, said cell being rated by a dummy clock signal. The synthesized integrated circuit is verified using the parameter of signal propagation between the first terminal and the third terminal to simulate the operation of said portion of the asynchronous circuit.

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