Fully pipelined TSPC barrel shifter for high-speed applications

In this paper we describe a TSPC (True Single-Phase-Clock) barrel shifter for high-speed, real time applications. The circuit consists of a shift and rotate array and a control unit, both having a pipeline structure, which allows on-line programming. Using 1.5 /spl mu/m CMOS technology, a full custom prototype for 16-b data shift and rotate array has been implemented, with a simplified control unit, and testing circuitry. Worst case HSPICE simulations indicate a maximum operating frequency of over 100 MHz, both for the barrel with on-line programming and for the barrel implemented. The full functionality of the prototype has been tested up to 25 MHz, although each bit path has been tested at 100 MHz.<
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