Single-Track Handshake Signaling with Application to Micropipelines and Handshake Circuits

  • Authors:
  • Kees van Berkel;Arjan Bink

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ASYNC '96 Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Single-track handshake signaling is using the same wire for request and acknowledge signaling. After each 2-phase handshake the wire is back in its initial state. A sequence of three protocol definitions suggests both a design method for single-track circuits and a trade- off between their robustness and their cost/performance. Single-track handshake signaling is applied to micropipelines and to handshake circuits, including a redesign of an existing rate-converter IC. The practical merits are not yet clear, but may include improved performance.