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Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, 6 ECTS credits.
/Asynkrona kretsar och system/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Technology
Subject area: Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering
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Advancement level
(A-D): D
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Aim:
The course is intended to give knowledge about principles and methods for analysis and design of asynchronous systems and their implementation in VLSI.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic courses in switching theory and digital circuits.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course consists of lectures, exercises, and laboratory exercises.
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Course contents:
Asynchronous VLSI techniques, Design methodology, sensitivity to element and wire delays, Modelling and simulation of asynchronous systems and circuits, handshaking protocols, logic-level implementation, data transmission, coding schemes, data-bundling, realization of basic cells in VLSI, Implementation of state-machines. Pipelining, protocol conversion for interfaces, arbitration, metastability, verification and synthesis.
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Course literature:
Myers C. J.:"Asynchronous Circuit Design", Wiley 2001
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Examination: |
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Written examination Laboratory work |
3 p 1 p
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Course language is Swedish/English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Tomas Svensson
Examiner: Kent Palmkvist
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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