System integration by request-driven GALS design
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چکیده
A novel request-driven globally asynchronous locally synchronous (GALS) technique for the system integration of complex digital blocks is proposed. For this new GALS technique, an asynchronous wrapper compliant is developed and evaluated. This proposed GALS technique is applied to a baseband processor compatible with the wireless LAN standard IEEE 802.11a. The developed GALS baseband processor chip is fabricated and measured. Besides improvements of the system integration process, a 5 dB reduction in electromagnetic interference, 30% reduction in instantaneous supply current variation, and similar dynamic power consumption as in the synchronous baseband processor is achieved.
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