Circuit Design, Transistor Sizing and Wire Layout of FPGA Interconnect

Abstract

This paper examines the electrical design of FPGA interconnect circuitry. We explore the circuit design of pass transistor and tri-state buffer routing switches, determine which transistor sizing, metal width and metal spacing are best for FPGA interconnect, and show that FPGA interconnect should be electrically heterogeneous -- some (~20%) of the routing tracks should be designed for maximum speed while the remainder should be more area-efficient.

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