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VLSI implementation of a fault-tolerant distributed clock generation

Ferringer et al., 2006

Document ID
9742745215181841141
Author
Ferringer M
Fuchs G
Steininger A
Kempf G
Publication year
Publication venue
2006 21st IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems

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In this paper the authors introduce a novel approach for the on-chip generation of a fault- tolerant clock. The authors motivate why it becomes more and more desirable to provide VLSI circuits with fault-tolerant clocking methods and how this fault tolerance can be …
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