KR20130043924A - Interconnection unit using delayed symbol transmission - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an interconnect portion that uses delayed symbol transmission. The interconnection unit may include: a transmission unit transmitting an input signal and an input signal delayed by one clock cycle from the input signal, a first transmission line transferring an input signal, a second transmission line transferring an input signal delayed by one clock cycle, and first and And a receiver configured to receive an input signal transmitted through the second transmission lines and an input signal delayed by one clock cycle. The receiver latches a data signal received one clock cycle before, senses a voltage difference between the input signal and the one clock cycle delayed input signal, and determines that the voltage difference between the input signal and the one clock cycle delayed input signal is less than a predetermined value. In this case, the previously received data is determined as the currently received data.
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BACKGROUND OF THE
As VLSI technology scales down, the area of on-chip interconnections is steadily shrinking. However, global on-chip wires do not scale down because the overall chip size does not decrease as the number of functional modules in the chip increases. In line with this trend, global on-chip interconnections may be a key item in future VLSI designs.
An object of the present invention is to provide an interconnection unit using delayed symbol transmission.
According to an aspect of the present invention, an interconnection unit may include: a transmission unit transmitting an input signal and an input signal delayed by one symbol from an input signal, a first transmission line transferring an input signal, a second transmission line transferring an one symbol delayed input signal, And a receiver configured to sense and receive a voltage difference between an input signal transmitted through the first and second transmission lines and an input signal delayed by one symbol.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the one-signal delayed input signal may be set to the one-cycle delayed signal of the clock signal from the input signal.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the transmission unit may include a first driver for inputting an input signal and outputting a first transmission signal, a delay unit for delaying an input signal to output an input signal delayed by one symbol, and an input signal delayed by one symbol It may include a second driver for outputting a second transmission signal by inputting.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the first or second driver may be configured as an inverter.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the receiver senses a voltage difference between the input signal and the one-signal delayed input signal to generate a first node signal and a second node signal, and a first node signal and a first node signal and a first node. And a second sensing unit configured to sense a voltage difference between the two node signals to generate first and second reception output signals.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the first sensing unit includes a first NMOS transistor having an input signal connected to the gate thereof, a second NMOS transistor having an input signal delayed by one symbol cycle connected to the gate thereof, and first and second signals. A third NMOS transistor having a source of NMOS transistors connected to its drain, a clock signal connected to its gate, a ground voltage connected to the source, a clock signal connected to the gate, and a power supply voltage connected to the source A first PMOS transistor connected to the drain of the first NMOS transistor and generated as a first node signal, and a clock signal to a gate thereof, a power supply voltage to a source thereof, and a second A drain of the NMOS transistor may be connected to the drain to include a second PMOS transistor generated as a second node signal.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the second sensing unit may include a first NMOS transistor having a first node signal connected to a gate thereof, a ground voltage connected to a source thereof, and a first received output signal connected to a drain thereof. A second NMOS transistor having a second node signal connected to its gate, a ground voltage connected to its source, a second receive output signal connected to its drain, a second receive output signal connected to the gate thereof, A third NMOS transistor having a ground voltage connected to the source thereof, a first NMOS transistor having a first receive output signal connected to the drain thereof, a first receive output signal connected to the gate thereof, a ground voltage connected to the source thereof, and a second receive A fourth NMOS transistor having an output signal connected to the drain thereof, a first PMOS transistor having a second previous data signal connected to the gate thereof, and a first PMOS transistor having a first received output signal connected to the drain thereof; A second PMOS transistor, the second signal being connected to the gate thereof, the second PMOS transistor connected to the drain thereof, the second receive output signal being coupled to the gate thereof, and the first receive output signal being coupled to the drain thereof. A third PMOS transistor, a fourth PMOS transistor having a first receive output signal connected to its gate, a fourth PMOS transistor having a second receive output signal connected to its drain, and a clock signal connected to the gate thereof, and a power supply voltage The fifth PMOS transistor may be connected, and sources of the first to fourth PMOS transistors may be connected to a drain thereof.
According to embodiments of the present invention, the first transmission line may be connected to a termination resistor connected to the power supply voltage, and the second transmission line may be connected to a termination resistor connected to the power supply voltage.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an interconnection unit includes: a transmission unit transmitting an input signal delayed by one clock cycle from an input signal and an input signal, a first transmission line transferring an input signal, and a second transmission unit transmitting an input signal delayed by one clock cycle Receives an input signal and one clock cycle delayed input signal transmitted through the transmission line and the first and second transmission lines, latches a data signal received one clock cycle before, and input signal and one clock cycle delayed input signal. And a sensing unit configured to sense a voltage difference between the input signal and determine the previously received data as the currently received data when the voltage difference between the input signal and the input signal delayed by one clock cycle is smaller than a predetermined value.
The interconnection unit of the present invention described above has the characteristic of reducing power consumption, peak current, and delay spread.
1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating signal waveforms transmitted to an interconnector unit of the present invention.
2 is a view illustrating an interconnector unit according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating the first and second drivers of FIG. 2.
4 is a view for explaining a receiver of FIG. 2.
5 is a signal waveform diagram illustrating an operation of the interconnection unit of FIG. 2.
6A and 6B illustrate average power consumption and peak current according to the operation of the interconnection unit of FIG. 2.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art. The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated and described in detail in the drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for similar elements in describing each drawing. In the accompanying drawings, the dimensions of the structures are enlarged or reduced from the actual dimensions for the sake of clarity of the present invention.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprises", "having", and the like are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or a combination thereof is described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.
Interconnections have a latency problem. In order to solve the latency problem, a technique of inserting a repeater into the interconnection is used. In order to achieve low latency and high data throughput, the size and number of repeaters can be optimized. However, a repeater scheme with repeaters of equally large size along the wire for minimal delay results in a large layout area. Bidirectional repeaters used for bidirectional communication require additional area and power.
1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating signal waveforms transmitted to an interconnector unit of the present invention.
Typically, the interconnection portion may distort the symbol response due to intersymbol interference (hereinafter referred to as "ISI"). The receiving end of the interconnection unit may sense the received signals by comparing them with a reference voltage. The signals at the receiving end must transition at the reference voltage level with sufficient voltage margin for each symbol cycle.
Referring to FIG. 1A, an original signal waveform A and a signal waveform B of a receiver are shown. As the delay time of the signal transmission wire increases, the original signal waveform A appears as a signal waveform B at the receiving end. At the receiving end, signal sensing fails.
In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 1B, an on-chip interconnector for transmitting not only the original symbol A but also the 1-cycle-delayed symbol C may be proposed as the transmission wire. As a result, constant voltage differences D1, D2, and D3 appear between the two symbols, so that a reliable sensing can be performed at the receiving end, resulting in a high data rate.
2 is a view illustrating an interconnector unit according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 2, the
The
The first transmission signal DO N transmitted to the
The second transmission signal DO N- 1 transmitted to the
The
3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating the first and
Referring to FIG. 3A, the
Referring to FIG. 3B, the
4 is a diagram for explaining the
Referring to FIG. 4, the
The
The first NMOS transistor 41 may input the first input signal RI to the gate thereof, and the
The drain of the first NMOS transistor 41 may be connected to the drain of the
The
The
The
The
The
5 is a signal waveform diagram illustrating an operation of the
Referring to FIG. 5, the first transmission signal DO N and the second transmission signal DO N −1 of the
6A and 6B illustrate average power consumption and peak current according to the operation of the interconnection unit of FIG. 2.
In FIG. 6A, since the repeater scheme (-■-■-■ -marking) has full-rail swing and large parasitic capacitance, power consumption can be increased in proportion to the switching activity factor. On the other hand, the
The delay spread characteristics of the interconnection unit and the interconnection unit 20 (FIG. 2) of the present invention implemented by a conventional repeater scheme according to PVT (Process, Voltage, Temperature) can be summarized as shown in Table 1. have.
90 ℃, VDD = 1.1V
0 ℃, VDD = 1.3V
Therefore, the interconnector 20 (FIG. 2) of the present invention may have a characteristic of reducing power consumption, peak current, and delay spread.
While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.
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A first transmission line carrying the input signal;
A second transmission line carrying the one symbol delayed input signal; And
And a receiver configured to sense and receive a voltage difference between the input signal transmitted through the first and second transmission lines and the one symbol delayed input signal.
And a signal delayed by one cycle of the clock signal from the input signal.
A first driver for inputting the input signal to output a first transmission signal;
A delay unit for delaying the input signal and outputting the one symbol delayed input signal; And
And a second driver for inputting the one-signal delayed input signal and outputting a second transmission signal.
An interconnector unit comprising an inverter.
A first sensing unit configured to generate a first node signal and a second node signal by sensing a voltage difference between the input signal and the first symbol delayed input signal; And
And a second sensing unit configured to sense a voltage difference between the first node signal and the second node signal to generate first and second reception output signals.
A first NMOS transistor having the input signal connected to its gate;
A second NMOS transistor having the one symbol delayed input signal connected to a gate thereof;
A third NMOS transistor having a source of the first and second NMOS transistors connected to a drain thereof, a clock signal connected to the gate thereof, and a ground voltage connected to the source thereof;
A first PMOS transistor connected to the gate of the clock signal, a power supply voltage to a source thereof, and a drain of the first NMOS transistor connected to the drain thereof to generate the first node signal; And
The clock signal is connected to a gate thereof, a power supply voltage is connected to a source thereof, and a drain of the second NMOS transistor is connected to the drain thereof, the second PMOS transistor being generated as the second node signal. Interconnection part which is characterized by.
A first NMOS transistor connected at a gate thereof to the first node signal, at a source thereof to a ground voltage, and at a drain thereof to the first received output signal;
A second NMOS transistor coupled to the gate of the second node signal, coupled to the source thereof, and coupled to the drain thereof, of the second received output signal;
A third NMOS transistor connected at a gate thereof to the second receive output signal, at a source thereof to the ground voltage, and at a drain thereof to the first receive output signal;
A fourth NMOS transistor connected at a gate thereof to the first receive output signal, at a source thereof to the ground voltage, and at a drain thereof to the second receive output signal;
A first PMOS transistor coupled to a gate thereof with a second previous data signal and coupled to the drain thereof;
A second PMOS transistor having a first previous data signal connected to a gate thereof and the second received output signal connected to a drain thereof;
A third PMOS transistor coupled to the gate thereof with the second receive output signal connected to the drain thereof;
A fourth PMOS transistor having the first receive output signal connected to a gate thereof, and the second receive output signal connected to a drain thereof; And
And a fifth PMOS transistor, wherein the clock signal is connected to a gate thereof, a power supply voltage is connected to a source thereof, and sources of the first to fourth PMOS transistors are connected to a drain thereof. part.
And a termination resistor connected to the power supply voltage.
And a termination resistor connected to the power supply voltage.
A first transmission line carrying the input signal;
A second transmission line for transmitting the input signal delayed by one clock cycle; And
Receive the input signal and the one clock cycle delayed input signal transmitted through the first and second transmission lines, latch a data signal received before the one clock cycle, and delay the input signal and the one clock cycle delayed And a receiver configured to sense a voltage difference between an input signal and determine the previously received data as currently received data when the voltage difference between the input signal and the input signal delayed by one clock cycle is smaller than a predetermined value. Interconnector portion characterized by.
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