(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Singh, Shikha; Bhatt, Amit
Commonly used devices like computers and mobile phones demand faster processors.
These devices need to live up to the ever growing demand of consumers
for performance. Special techniques like Pipelining and Superscalar Architecture
increase the performance of processors at the cost of hardware. When using a
pipelined architecture, the maximum frequency of operation and hence performance
is limited by the longest path between two consecutive Flip Flops, also
called the critical path. In designs where the critical path is rarely used, the frequency
of operation can be safely increased by employing mechanisms that correct
the error introduced if the critical path is taken. One such mechanism using
Backup Flip Flop has been discussed and implemented in this dissertation. Problems
like Metastability have been analyzed and resolved.
