From Frequency to Time-Average-Frequency: A Paradigm Shift in the Design of Electronic Systems [Paperback]

Written in a simple, easy to understand style, this book will teach PLL users how to use new clock technology in their work in order to create innovative applications.

• Investigates the clock frequency concept from a different perspective--at an application level
• Teaches?engineers to use this new clocking technology to create innovations in chip/system level, through real examples extracted from commercial products

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgment xvii

1 Importance of Clock Signal in Modern Microelectronic Systems 1

1.1 Clock Technology: One of the Four Fundamental Technologies in IC Design 1

1.2 Clock Signal Generator: The Knowledge-and-Skill Gap between Its Creator and Its User 3

1.3 How Is Sense-of-Time Created in Electrical World? 5

1.4 All Microelectronic Systems Are Frequency Driven 9

1.5 A New Kid in Town: The Clock Architect 14

References 15

2 Everything about the Clock 17

2.1 Clock Generation 17

2.2 Clock Distribution: Functional 18

2.3 Clock Distribution: Physical 19

2.4 Clock Usage: System Perspective 20

2.5 Clock Usage: Electrical Perspective 20

2.6 Clock Signal Quality 22

2.7 Clock Network Power Consumption 23

References 23

3 A Different Way of Constructing a Clock Signal: Time-Average-Frequency 27

3.1 Motivation 27

3.2 Clock Is Trigger and Gatekeeper: Essence of Stage-by-Stage Operation 30

3.3 Time-Average-Frequency: Brief Review 32

3.4 Circuit Architectulc1