Multiphase Retiming Using Mintc 1
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This paper describes a general framework for the retiming of sequential circuits using either single or multi-phase clocks and both edge-ttiggered flip-flops and level-sensitive latches. This framework is compared with previously published work on retiming. The potential for finding optimal retimings within this framework is discussed, and a set of heuristic retim ing methods is presented. Finally, examples ofboth single and multi-phase retimings ofcircuits with level-sensitive latches are presented.
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