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Advanced Digital Design
Synthesis of Control Circuits
by A
.
Steininger
and J.
Lechner
Vienna University of Technology
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Outline
Control Circuits
Petri Nets & Signal Transition Graphs
Properties
Common PN/STG fragments
Synthesis of SI control circuits
State Encoding
Next-state functions
Implementation
Synthesis tool: Petrify
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Control Circuits
Control logic essential part of asynchronous circuitsHow to specify?How to implement?
Control ?
Latch
Comb.Logic
Latch
Comb
.
Logic
Latch
Req
Req
Req
Ack
Ack
Ack
Req
Ack
Req
Ack
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Petri Nets (PNs)
For modelling concurrent systems
Directed graph with nodes and arcs
Nodes: places, transitions
Places can be marked with tokens
Transition is enabled (allowed to fire) if all input places have tokens
When a transitions fires:
Token removed from all input places
Token added to each output place
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STGs
Restricted subclass of
petri
nets
PN transitions = signal transitions
Simple places omitted (places with a single input and a single output)
Places/arcs represent causal relationships between signal transitions
Marking represents circuit state
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PN/STG - Example
Muller C-
gate
Source:
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Sparso
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Properties of STGs I
Input free choice
Alternative transitions only controlled by mutually exclusive inputs
1-bounded
Max. one token per place
Liveness
STG is live
iff
from every reachable marking, every transition can eventually fire
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Typical PN/STG Fragments
Choice
Merge
Fork
Join
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PN/STG Fragments - Example
Source:
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Properties for STGs II
STGs
can
be
implemented
as
speed-independent
circuits
.
Requirements
:
Consistent state assignment
In any execution, any transition alternates between rising and falling
Persistency
Enabled signals will eventually fire, cannot be disabled by other transition
Complete state coding (CSC)
Different markings must represent different states
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Speed-Independence (SI)
Delay-model: speed-independenceArbitrary gate delays (bounded but unknown)Ideal zero-delay wires
Source:
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STG Synthesis
Specification
State graph
State Graph with CSC
Next-State functions
Decomposed functions
Gate netlist
Reachability
analysis
State
encoding
Boolean
minimization
Logic
decomposition
Technology
mapping
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Specification
Source: [
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State Graph
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0100
0110
0010
1
000
11
00
1110
1111
11
01
b+
c+
b-
c-
a+
b+
d+
c+
d-
a-
(
a,b,c,d
)
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Excitation Regions for Output Signal c
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0100
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0010
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00
1110
1111
11
01
b+
c+
b-
c-
a+
b+
d+
c+
d-
a-
QR1(c+)
ER1(c+)
ER2(c+)
ER1(c-)
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Quiescent Regions for Output Signal c
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0100
0110
0010
1
000
11
00
1110
1111
11
01
b+
c+
b-
C-
a+
b+
d+
c+
d-
a-
QR1(c+)
QR1(c-)
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Next-State FunctionsKV Diagram for c
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
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0100
0110
0010
1
000
11
00
1110
1111
11
01
b+
c+
b-
C-
a+
b+
d+
c+
d-
a-
QR1(c+)
ER1(c+)
ER2(c+)
ER1(c-)
QR1(c-)
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Atomic Complex Gate Implementation
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
c = d +
a‘b
+
bc
Attention:
Decomposition
into
simple
gates
can
introduce
hazards
!
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State-holding Gates Implementation
Signals toggle between excitation and quiescent/stable regionsER(c+) QR(c+) ER(c-) QR(c-) etc.Implementation with SR-latches, C-gates or generalized C-gates possible
Generalized
C-
element
Source: [
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State-holding GatesSet/Reset Functions
c =
Set
+ c
∙
Reset
‘
Set
∙
Reset
= 0
Set
Function
:
must
contain
all
states
in ER(c+)
may
contain
states
in QR(c+)
may
contain
not
reachable
states
Reset
Function
:
must
contain
all
states
in ER(c-)
may
contain
states
in QR(c-)
may
contain
not
reachable
states
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State-holding Gates Implementation
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
Set
function
:
c-
set
= d +
a‘b
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State-holding Gates Implementation
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
Set
function:c-set = d + a‘b
Reset function:c-reset = b‘
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State-holding Gates Implementation
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
Set
function:c-set = d + a‘b
Reset function:c-reset = b‘
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State-holding GatesHazards
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
0000
0100
0110
0010
1
000
11
00
1110
1111
11
01
b+
c+
b-
c-
a+
b+
d+
c+
d-
a-
0
10
0
10
0
1
0
1 0
0
10
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State-holding GatesMonotonic Cover Constraint
A cube (product term) may only be entered through ER states (monotonic cover or unique entry constraint)
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
Hazardous
set
function
:
c-set = d + a‘b
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State-holding GatesMonotonic Cover Constraint
A cube (product term) may only be entered through ER states (monotonic cover or unique entry constraint)
cdab00011110000xxF01Rxx1110R11100xxx
Fixed
set
function
:
c-set = d + a‘bc‘
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ExampleVME Bus Controller
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK-
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
DSr
+
LDS-
LDTACK-
VME
Bus
Controller
DSr
DTACK
LDS
LDTACK
D
STG
of
Read Cycle
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VME Bus ControllerCSC Conflict
DSr
+
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00000
01000
10100
00100
01100
10110
00110
01110
11111
01111
10010
10110
10111
DSr
+
DSr
+
DTACK-
DTACK-
DTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
(
DSr
, DTACK, LDTACK, LDS, D)
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VME Bus ControllerCSC Conflict
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK-
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
DSr
+
LDS-
LDTACK-
10110
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK-
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
DSr
+
LDS-
LDTACK-
10110
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Resolving CSC ConflictConcurrency Reduction
Solution I: Remove conflict state by concurrency reduction
DSr
+
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00000
01000
10100
00100
01100
10110
00110
01110
11111
01111
10010
10110
10111
DSr
+
DSr
+
DTACK-
DTACK-
DTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
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Resolving CSC ConflictConcurrency Reduction
Solution I: Remove conflict state by concurrency reduction
DSr
+
10000
00000
01000
10100
00100
01100
00110
01110
11111
01111
10010
10110
10111
DSr
+
DTACK-
DTACK-
DTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
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Resolving CSC ConflictConcurrency Reduction
Concurrency reduction reflected by adding an arc to the STG specification.Introduces timing assumption (LDS- before DSr+)
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK-
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
DSr
+
LDS-
LDTACK-
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Resolving CSC ConflictAdding State Signal
Solution II: Inserting an internal state signal to make conflict states unique
DSr
+
100000
000000
010000
101000
001000
011000
101100
001100
011100
111111
011111
100101
101101
101111
DSr
+
DSr
+
DTACK-
DTACK-
DTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDTACK-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS-
LDS+
LDTACK+
D+
DTACK+
DSr
-
D-
(
DSr
, DTACK, LDTACK, LDS, D,
CSC
)
100001
CSC+
011110
CSC-
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Petrify
Synthesis of
speed independent
control circuits from STG
specifcations
Simple text format for describing STGs
Petrify can solve CSC problem
Public domain tool
Developed at different universities
http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~jordicf/petrify/
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Petrify - Example
.model
cgate
.inputs a b
.outputs c
.graph
a+ c+
b+ c+
c+ a-
c+ b-
a- c-
b- c-
c- a+
c- b+
.marking { <c-, a+> <c-, b+> }
.end
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Petrify
Set of command-line tools
petrify: synthesis command
write_sg
: derives state graph
draw_astg
: draws STGs/state graphs
Different circuit implementations
Complex gates (-cg)
Generalized C-elements (-
gc
)
Specific target library (-tm)
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Summary
Control
logic
essential
part
of
asynchronous
circuits
PNs/STGs
convenient
for
modeling
control
circuits
STGs
need
to
fulfill
certain
properties
Input-
free
choice
, 1-bounded, CSC, etc.
Synthesis
from
STGs
to
SI
gate
implementations
possible
Tool
available
:
Petrify
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