User:Jfishburn/Intentional Clock Skew in Synchronous Circuits

Intentional clock skew is clock skew that is deliberately designed into a Synchronous circuit to armor it against various kinds of failure, or to enable it to be clocked at a higher rate.

Ideal Clocking with Zero Clock Skew

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What Can Go Wrong

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SETUP Failure

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HOLD Failure

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The Nightmare Scenario: Intermittent HOLD Failure

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For Low-Delay Paths, The Perils of Zero Clock Skew

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A Logic Path with Little Or No Delay Is Close to HOLD Failure

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A Small Amount of Unintentional Skew Causes It To Fail

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Intentional Clock Skew To the Rescue

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Intentional Clock Skew Can Also Speed Up A Circuit

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References

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