Shield Effect Analysis for a Gate Array on An Optically Reconfigurable Gate Array

To date, some types of Optically Reconfigurable Gate Arrays (ORGAs) have been developed to realize capabilities of rapid reconfiguration with numerous reconfiguration contexts. However, the layout style requires a shield against the reconfiguration light irradiation to guard transistors that constitute the gate array. This paper presents a shield effect for a circuit that is implemented on a gate array. Finally, experimental results are shown for an ORGA-VLSI chip with the shield design.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ERSA
• Authors: Minoru Watanabe, Fuminori Kobayashi
• Keywords: ERSA 2006, ERSA 2007, Gate Array, Numerous Reconfiguration Contexts, Reconfiguration Light Irradiation