0000003044 00000 n /oacute /ocircumflex /odieresis /ograve /otilde /scaron /uacute means for sending the system clock signal to a second gate; means for sending a second gate control signal to the gate; and. /Font << /F7 89 0 R /F2 90 0 R >> As explained above, the pulse width discriminator, In one embodiment, the gate control inputs are unpredictable. designs have very complex architectures and multiple clock sources. /ExtGState << /GS1 107 0 R >> a first XOR gate first input coupled to the asynchronous signal; a first XOR gate second input coupled to the combiner output; a first XOR gate output coupled to a second XOR gate first input; a second XOR gate second input coupled to the combiner output; a first terminal coupled to the second XOR gate first input; a second terminal coupled to a reference level; and, a pipeline stage input coupled to the combiner output; and. T, Asynchronous inputs may produce metastability. In the core of the synchronizer, Thus, according to one embodiment, the synchronizer, In one embodiment, the asynchronous recovery circuit, Essentially, the asynchronous recovery circuit, In one embodiment (not shown), the gate control input GC, If desired, additional gates may be added to the gated clock circuit, In one embodiment, the propagation delay of either the flip-flop, Another phenomenon that may cause flip-flop unpredictability is the receipt of incomplete signals, or runt pulses, into the CLK input of the flip-flop. /Parent 80 0 R 89 0 obj Synchronizers come to rescue to avoid fatal effects of Arbiters are used on the inputs of fully synchronous systems, and also between clock domains, as synchronizers for input signals. PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362, Keep Metastability From Killing Your Digital System, Metastable Response in 5-V Logic Circuits, A Fast Resolving BiNMOS Synchronizer For Parallel Processor Interconnect, What Is Metasability And How To Live With It, Frequency and/or phase compensated microelectromechanical oscillator, Circuit and method to eliminate startup and shutoff runt pulses from crystal oscillators, Measuring input setup and hold time using an input-output block having a variable delay line, Adaptive variable length pulse synchronizer, Stalling synchronisation circuits in response to a late data signal, Hum generation using representative circuitry, Asynchronous control circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device, Apparatus for metastability-hardened storage circuits and associated methods, Divider re-timing circuit for a PLL generating quadrature local oscillator signals, Synchronization circuit with reduced latency and increased throughput, Circuit for synchronizing an asynchronous input signal to a high frequency clock, Circuit for measuring signal delays in synchronous memory elements, Automatic phasing circuit to transfer digital data from an external interface circuit to an internal interface circuit, Timing circuit for single line serial data, Circuit for eliminating metastable events associated with a data signal asynchronous to a clock signal, Method and apparatus for ensuring synchronization of clocks in a multiple clock system, Synchronization of clock signals in a multi-clock domain, Method and apparatus for a failure-free synchronizer, High frequency asynchronous data synchronizer, Method and apparatus for modeling signal delays in a metastability protection circuit, Systems and methods for transferring a signal from a first clock domain to a second clock domain, Circuit for coupling an event indication signal across asynchronous time domains, Method for detecting at least one spur in an electrical signal and device for carrying out said method, Analysis of metastability performance in digital circuits on flip-flop, Methods, systems and arrangements for edge detection, Method and apparatus for retiming data using phase interpolated clock, De-jitter circuit with noise immunity and spur event tracking, Shifting an input signal from a high-speed domain to a lower-speed domain, Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees, Information on status: patent discontinuation, Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee. Hb;N`4[hjB;/kkc2Ab`3#}AbdH @)(7:/ln:v`b:6-?Pjo P)bT4

[item title="Title Of Tab 1"] INSERT CONTENT HERE [/item] 1, according to one embodiment, a synchronizer. :-). [3] 2 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. >> sending the integrator output signal to a is circuit to produce the first adjusted clock signal. Wakerly, John F., Digital Design: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, pp. << 0000011473 00000 n Crossing the abyss: asynchronous signals in a synchronous world, "Wrapping One's Brain Around Metastability", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metastability_(electronics)&oldid=1058416999, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. However, even then, if the system has a dependence on any continuous inputs then these are likely to be vulnerable to metastable states.

The pulse width discriminator of FIG. a first gate input for receiving a system clock; a second gate input for receiving a gate control signal; and. Free format text: Do you have any Comment? Both outputs Q and Q are initially held at 0 by the simultaneous Set and Reset inputs. Receiver These have better MTBF and have very large flops used, The figure below shows a typical MTBF of a flip-flop and also it gives the MTBF equation. [1]

84 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] In the simplest case, designers can tolerate metastability by making sure the clock period is long enough to allow for the resolution of quasi-stable states and for the delay of whatever logic may be in the path to the next flip-flop. 1 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. /Name /F7 0000002917 00000 n Thomas J. Chaney, "Measured Flip-Flop Responses to Marginal Triggering", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. Looking back to the core in FIGS. Where unexplained system crashes and other unresolved failures occur, metastability may be the culprit. 0000001564 00000 n 1 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIGS. a second flip-flop clock input coupled to the first flip-flop output; and. The relative stability of states shown in the figure above shows that the logic 0 and logic 1 states (being at the base of the hill) are much more stable than the somewhat stable state at the top of the hill.

Each D-flip-flop may include some or all of the following: an input (D), a clock input (CLK), a first output (Q), which is a Boolean value, a second output (Q), which has a Boolean value opposite to Q, a preset input (PR), and a clear input (CLR). 8A-8D are horizontal lines UTL and LTL, representing the upper and lower threshold levels of the Schmitt trigger, In FIG. /Resources 87 0 R A second vertical line, labeled B, indicates the first low-going edge of the Schmitt trigger output. /Scaron /Uacute /Ucircumflex /Udieresis /Ugrave /Ydieresis /Zcaron 1 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. The most common way to tolerate metastability is to add one or more successive synchronizing flip-flops to the synchronizer.

hence, consume more power. Where the capacitor output just crosses LTL (see FIG. endobj 0000004973 00000 n [item title="Title Of Tab 3"] INSERT CONTENT HERE [/item] "Anomalous Behavior of Synchronizer and Arbiter Circuits", "My Work on All Things Metastable OR Me and My Glitch", "Metastability and Synchronizers: A tutorial", Metastability Performance of Clocked FIFOs, Efficient Self-Timed Interfaces for Crossing Clock Domains, Dr. Howard Johnson: Deliberately inducing the metastable state, Detailed explanations and Synchronizer designs, Clock Domain Crossing: Closing the Loop on Clock Domain Functional Implementation Problems, Synthesis and Scripting Techniques for Designing Multi-Asynchronous Clock Designs, Metastable Response in 5-V Logic Circuits, Crossing the Synchronous Asynchronous Divide. Lindsay Kleeman and Antonio Cantoni, "On the Unavoidability of Metastable Behavior in Digital Systems", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. /Root 85 0 R /char158 /char159 /char160 176 /char176 181 /char181 190 /char190 No. 1 is a block diagram of the synchronizer according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. results as some bits might pass through in first cycle; others in second cycle. endobj a first combiner input for receiving the synchronized signal; a second combiner input for receiving the second synchronized signal; and. The clock signals received into the flip-flop are expected to have a minimum pulse width, PW, Returning to FIG. /E 16823 When the clock skew/slew is too much (rise and fall time are more than the tolerable values). In the case of a D flip-flop, when a PR input is received, the Q output is expected to go high (set); when a CLR input is received, the Q output is expected to go low (clear). The final state will depend on which of R or S returns to zero first, chronologically, but if both transition at about the same time, the resulting metastability, with intermediate or oscillatory output levels, can take arbitrarily long to resolve to a stable state. 0000001338 00000 n design of synchronizers to prevent metastability happen is an art. Cascade two or three D-Flip-Flops (two or three stages synchronizer). 309-313 (1994). 5, 2001. This invention relates to digital logic, and, more particularly, to digital logic devices that receive asynchronous inputs. 321-327 (1994). A first vertical line, labeled A, indicates the first high-going edge of the Schmitt trigger output. 85 0 obj 7 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. such cases, handshaking mechanism may be used. Whenever the input signal D does not meet the Tsu and Th of the given D flip-flop, metastability occurs. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] If these different clock domains are not 0000013159 00000 n a fourth flip-flop coupled to the third flip-flop as a toggler, the fourth flip-flop comprising: a fourth flip-flop clock input coupled to the third flip-flop output; and. 8A-8D are timing diagrams of the pulse width discriminator of FIG. a first flip-flop to receive an asynchronous input; and.

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<< properly synchronized, metastability events are bound to happen and may result Source domain 4.) The effect of this propagation time is added to the inherent propagation time of the entire circuit, delaying the clock signal to the subsequent flip-flop. The most perfectly "caught" quasi-stable state (on the very top of the hill) results in the longest time required for the flip-flop to resolve itself to one of the stable states. [citation needed]. significantly low (eg. !DOGG#@6QJSK8L}7EM@UqV4jhMe6t%[5]HWn' MXEYtkvULZauN)pJ0e6zXp)nq9"}1@_`H>6^kwhEA,xEW>6,Yw;A58-%TmAeHYHg}#g*"P:dCo^u5E^a^l>^uz]bE``-dMkix)hiTjxOqXqG4=UgA\D6qvi]RMn:Wu.

1 and 2, depending on the power-up states of the second stage flip-flops, In some applications, such as communications, the inverted state of the synchronized signal is of no consequence. 0000002807 00000 n This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119 to provisional application No. 10 is a first variant of the synchronizer of FIG. 86 0 obj [5], Synchronous circuit design techniques make digital circuits that are resistant to the failure modes that can be caused by metastability. This rising clock causes the master latch to try to capture its current value while the slave latch is opened allowing the Q output to follow the "latched" value of the master. Metastable states are inherent features of asynchronous digital systems, and of systems with more than one independent clock domain. D flip-flops are sometimes associated with memory because the D flip-flop remembers, or temporarily stores, a bit of data. The figure below shows how to connect two flip-flops in series to achieve this and also the resultant MTBF. 107-108 (1983). endobj 0000008244 00000 n Just as the slightest air current would eventually cause a ball on the illustrated hill to roll down one side or the other, thermal and induced noise will jostle the state of the flip-flop causing it to move from the quasi-stable state into either the logic 0 or logic 1 state. data and asserts ACK.

10 and 11 improve throughput performance by overlapping the propagation times of the flip-flops and the XOR gate. M. Valencia, M. J. Bellido, J. L. Huertas, A. J. Acosta, and S. Sanchez-Solano, "Modular Asynchronous Arbiter Insensitive to Metastability. Thus, if your %%EOF Katz, Randy H., Contemporary Logic Design, pp. signal is expected to remain stable for minimum two destination clock cycles so receiving a second constant logic level signal by a third flip-flop input; receiving a complement of the asynchronous signal by a third flip-flop asynchronous input; receiving a third flip-flop output signal by a fourth flip-flop clock input; and. This analysis is offered as a simple basis to build on, as effects such as rise/fall times, voltage level variance, and parasitics are dependent on particular implementation and the technology. An analysis of the integrator and hysteresis circuitry of the pulse width discriminator is provided in a section entitled, Lumped Parameter Analysis, below. combining the synchronized signal with the second synchronized signal to produce a combined synchronized signal. 2, no metastable condition, due to violations of T, Once the D input is latched from either of the first-stage flip-flops, At the second stage, the previously clocked Q output of the flip-flop. In the world of computer technology, a system may include an interface to an external system. Whenever there are setup and hold time violations in any flip-flop, it enters a state where its output is unpredictable: this state is known as metastable state (quasi stable state); at the end of metastable state, the flip-flop settles down to either '1' or '0'. /char240 242 /char242 /char243 /char244 246 /char246 /char247 252 1 according to one embodiment of the invention; FIG. In other words, the extemal system is typically not bed to the internal clock mechanism of the underlying system, but, instead, operates independently and asynchronously to the underlying system. 6 is a block diagram of the core and the asynchronous recovery circuit of FIG. a second flip-flop coupled to the first flip-flop as a toggle, the second flip-flop comprising: wherein the first flip-flop receives an asynchronous signal during which the setup time of the first flip-flop is not violated. 0000000923 00000 n Another practice Advantages and other features of the invention will become apparent from the following description, the drawings, and the claims. >> Where the second case occurs, the asynchronous recovery circuit, In FIGS. The MTBF of a device indicates the likelihood of a metastable condition occurring in the device. To avoid the metastable condition, the signal being received by the circuit, or input signal, is expected to not change and to maintain a proper logic level while being sampled by the clock. means for receiving a constant logic level signal by a first flip-flop input; means for receiving an asynchronous signal by a first flip-flop asynchronous input; means for receiving a first flip-flop output signal by a second flip-flop clock input; means for producing a first synchronized signal, wherein the first synchronized signal is synchronized to a system clock signal; means for sending the system clock signal to a gate input; means for sending a gate control signal to a second gate input; and. 10, according to one embodiment, a first variant, In FIG. Such architectures can form a circuit guaranteed free of metastability (below a certain maximum clock frequency, above which first metastability, then outright failure occur), assuming a low-skew common clock. This may lead to one of these becoming 0, other becoming 1 leading into While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate numerous modifications and variations therefrom. 0000001679 00000 n Patil, Girish, IFV Division, Cadence Design Systems. /Type /Catalog B! In theory, a flip-flop in this quasi-stable hilltop state could remain there indefinitely but in reality it won't. that first stage is guaranteed to sample it on second clock edge. 91 0 obj A clock domain is defined as a group of flip-flops with a common clock. means for sending a first adjusted clock signal to a first flip-flop clock input. In one embodiment, the variants of FIGS. Since an asynchronous input can change at any time relative to the clock, the input may be change between T. Logic designers include circuitry, such as synchronizers, to minimize the possibility of a metastable output from a circuit. wherein a complement of the asynchronous signal is received into the third flip-flop asynchronous input and a second synchronized signal is received from the fourth flip-flop output.

synchronizer design should have following characteristics: 2.) producing a second synchronized signal, wherein the second synchronized signal is synchronized to the system clock signal.

0000000868 00000 n receiving a constant logic level signal by a first flip-flop input; receiving an asynchronous signal by a first flip-flop asynchronous input; receiving a first flip-flop output signal by a second flip-flop clock input; producing a first synchronized signal, wherein the first synchronized signal is synchronized to a system clock signal; sending the system clock signal to a gate input; sending a gate control signal to a second gate input; and. A good two flip-flop

means for sending the integrator output signal to a hysteresis circuit to produce the first adjusted clock signal. endobj clock domains interact within the chip. However, noise or marginal signaling may, in some instances, interrupt the inputs to the synchronizer during operation, such as when inputs are disconnected or an input source is in a nonfunctional state. 0000006623 00000 n Thus, the inversion correction mechanism, if needed, is a part of the power-up sequence and should not be necessary after nominal conditions are established. Thus, the destination domain FSM may go in some undesired state. [accordion]

In a second embodiment, a method is disclosed in which a first constant logic level signal is received by a first flip-flop input an asynchronous signal is received by a first flip-flop asynchronous input, a first flip-flop output signal is received by a second flip-flop clock input, and a first synchronized signal is produced in which the first synchronized signal is synchronized to a system clock received by a first flip-flop clock input. synchronizer must be used to synchronize a single bit data only. cases, it is not possible even to predict the destination domain frequency.

should be placed as close as possible to allow the metastability at first stage 60/224,780, filed on Aug. 14, 2000; to provisional application No. /Type /Font means for receiving a second constant logic level signal by a third flip-flop input; means for receiving a complement of the asynchronous signal by a third flip-flop asynchronous input; means for receiving a third flip-flop output signal by a fourth flip-flop clock input; and.

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