Fast signal propagation for point to point on-chip long interconnects using current sensing

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 195-198

  Katoch, Atul ^a   Seevinck, Evert ^b   Veendrick, Harry ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b Circuit Research International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT SENSING; LARGE CIRCUITS; POINT TO POINT; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; VERY DEEP SUB MICRONS; VOLTAGE-MODE OPERATION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 34548823421     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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