IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
Online ISSN : 1745-1361
Print ISSN : 0916-8532
Special Section on Multiple-Valued Logic and VLSI Computing
A Switch Block Architecture for Multi-Context FPGAs Based on a Ferroelectric-Capacitor Functional Pass-Gate Using Multiple/Binary Valued Hybrid Signals
Shota ISHIHARANoriaki IDOBATAMasanori HARIYAMAMichitaka KAMEYAMA
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2010 Volume E93.D Issue 8 Pages 2134-2144

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Dynamically Programmable Gate Arrays (DPGAs) provide more area-efficient implementations than conventional Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). One of typical DPGA architectures is multi-context architecture. An DPGA based on multi-context architecture is Multi-Context FPGA (MC-FPGA) which achieves fast switching between contexts. The problem of the conventional SRAM-based MC-FPGA is its large area and standby power dissipation because of the large number of configuration memory bits. Moreover, since SRAM is volatile, the SRAM-based multi-context FPGA is difficult to implement power-gating for standby power reduction. This paper presents an area-efficient and nonvolatile multi-context switch block architecture for MC-FPGAs based on a ferroelectric-capacitor functional pass-gate which merges a multiple-valued threshold function and a nonvolatile multiple-valued storage. The test chip for four contexts is fabricated in a 0.35µm-CMOS/0.60µm-ferroelectric-capacitor process. The transistor count of the proposed multi-context switch block is reduced to 63% in comparison with that of the SRAM-based one.
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