This paper describes the clock management of a mixed signal, high-speed, multi-clock, fully synchronous circuit. The MA1111A13 circuit clock distribution is a complicated structure that seamlessly incorporates different well-known techniques for power reduction, asynchronous clock domains inter-operability, and compatibility with different IO timing standards and data rates. This complex clocking scheme has been successfully integrated into the standard semi-custom physical design flow. The physical implementation of the clock network with Synopsys Astro is also presented.
Citation:
Juan C. Diaz, Marta Saburit, "Clock Management in a Gigabit Ethernet Physical Layer Transceiver Circuit," date, vol. 3, pp.30134, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Designers? Forum (DATE'04), 2004