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VLSI Research

Develops high-speed circuit technologies and design methods that enable novel architectures.

Primary Research Category: System Hardware  

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Principal Investigator: Jeff Rulifson  
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    Project Overview

    We develop high-speed circuit technologies and design methods that enable novel architectures. Our circuit technologies include asynchronous circuits, low-power circuits, and communication links. Our design methods include intellectual tools and computer-aided design tools to help with circuit design, implementation, and testing.

    Technical Reports

  • Design Notes for Electric's Network Consistency Checker
    By: Russell Kao, Ivan Minevskiy and Jon Lexau
    Report Number: TR-2006-152
    Mar 15, 2006
  • Architecture and Design of a Simultaneously Bidirectional Single-ended High Speed Chip-to-Chip Interface
    By: Robert Drost
    Report Number: TR-2002-107
    Feb 1, 2002
  • Duchess Chips for Process-Specific Wire Capacitance Characterization, The
    By: Jon Lexau, Jonathan Gainsley, Ann Coulthard and Ivan E. Sutherland
    Report Number: TR-2001-100
    Oct 1, 2001
  • The Miller and Anti-Miller Effects
    By: Neil C. Wilhelm
    Report Number: TR-1995-45
    Aug 1, 1995
  • Why Wire Delays Will No Longer Scale for VLSI Chips
    By: Neil C. Wilhelm
    Report Number: TR-1995-44
    Aug 1, 1995

    Latest Sun Patents

  • Apparatus and method for high-throughput asynchronous communication with flow control
    (Dec 22, 2009)
  • Conductive DC biasing for capacitively coupled on-chip drivers
    (Nov 10, 2009)
  • Method and apparatus for driving on-chip wires through capacitive coupling
    (May 26, 2009)
  • Method and apparatus for detecting current changes in integrated circuits
    (Jan 27, 2009)
  • Balanced code with opportunistically reduced transitions
    (Dec 2, 2008)
    See all 23 patents »

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    Team Members

    Jeff Rulifson
    Bill Coates
    Michael Dayringer
    Robert Drost
    Jo Ebergen
    Gilda Garreton
    Ron Ho
    Ian Jones
    Jon Lexau
    Frankie Liu
    Dima Nadezhin
    Tarik Ono
    Dinesh Patil
    Nate Pinckney
    Steven Rubin
    Justin Schauer