Wayne Dettloff

A VLSI fuzzy logic controller with reconfigurable, cascadable architecture

A general-purpose fuzzy logic inference engine for real-time control applications, designed and fabricated in a 1.1- mu m, 3.3-V, double-level-metal CMOS technology, is discussed. Up to 102 rules are processed in parallel with a single 688 K transistor device. Features include a dynamically reconfigurable and cascadable architecture, TTL-compatible host interface, laser-programmable redundancy, a special mode for testability, RAM rule storage, and on-chip fuzzification and defuzzification. >

VLSI fuzzy chip and inference accelerator board systems

The architecture and operational features of a VLSI fuzzy logic inference processor are described. Also described are the architecture and associated high-level software of two VMEbus-board systems based on the fuzzy chip. The VLSI implementation of a fuzzy logic inference mechanism allows the use of rule-based control and decision making in demanding real-time applications. The CMOS chip consists of 688000 transistors, of which 476000 are used for RAM memory. In addition to operating in a robot, the single chip board is installed on a Sun-3 workstation for further research and software development.<<ETX>>

A 5 Gb/s Link With Matched Source Synchronous and Common-Mode Clocking Techniques

A 5 Gb/s source-synchronous signaling system was developed utilizing a new clock/data skew minimization technique. The method incorporates a transmit clock delay line and integrating receiver yielding an increased tolerance to high frequency transmit source jitter. The system has the potential to support rapid turn-on without the clock buffer latency of conventional source-synchronous systems. A second method to minimize clock distribution delays with embedded clocking via superposition of clock in the common-mode across two differential pairs was also explored. A test device was fabricated in TSMCs 40 nm LP CMOS process and performance measurements indicate substantial margin improvements, even when the matched source-synchronous system is subjected to realistic source SJ and independent PSIJ noise. Comparable performance was also achieved with embedded common-mode clocking with matched peak swings, indicating it as a potential solution for pin-constrained designs.

A 6.4/3.2/1.6 Gb/s low power interface with all digital clock multiplier for on-the-fly rate switching

A dynamic rate adjustable interface is designed a 40-nm LP CMOS process. On-the-fly dynamic rate change is enabled by an all-digital frequency multiplier that detects a reference frequency change, and accordingly provides 4× multiplied clock without any idle time. The clock multiplier, along with matched source synchronous clocking and clock equalization, allows blind reference clock shifting to scale the data rate from 1.6 to 6.4 Gb/s within 6.125ns without idle time or bit errors during transitions. The interface efficiency is 2.6 mW/Gb/s @6.4 Gb/s & 3.4 mW/Gb/s @3.2 Gb/s when using reduced clock swing and external transmitter swing at the reduced data rates.

A 5Gb/s link with clock edge matching and embedded common mode clock for low power interfaces

A 5Gb/s signaling system was designed and fabricated in TSMCs 40nm LP CMOS process. A new clock/data skew minimization technique with a source-synchronous transmit clock delay line and integrating receiver tolerates high frequency transmit clock jitter and supports rapid turn-on without the clock buffer latency of conventional source-synchronous systems. A second method to minimize clock distribution via embedded clocking with superposition of clock in the common-mode was also explored.