Design methodologies for low-power asynchronous-logic digital systems

Abstract

Asynchronous design has been an active area of research since the 1950s, but has hitherto yet to achieve widespread use or acceptance. This is largely because several major problems continue to persist that inhibit its acceptance in the very large-scale integration industry as a viable alternative to the prevalent synchronous design. This thesis addresses one such problem: how to reduce the circuit area and power dissipation of asynchronous control networks.