Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability

  • Authors:
  • M. j. Bellido;M. Valencia;J. l. Huertas;A. j. Acosta;S. Sánchez-Solano

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel modular N-user asynchronous arbiter circuit which is insensitive to metastable operation (i.e., the new arbiter cannot fail because of metastability), operating asynchronously and incorporating a modular architecture. A 1.5驴m CMOS prototype arbiter has been designed and tested. Laboratory tests demonstrate the arbiter operates correctly.