An asynchronous java processor for smart card.

Yu Chun-Pong.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-61).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract of this thesis entitled: --- p.i摘要 --- p.iiiAcknowledgements --- p.ivTable of contents --- p.vList of Tables --- p.viList of Figures --- p.viiChapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Asynchronous design --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Java processor for contactless smart card [3] --- p.2Chapter 1.3 --- Motivation --- p.3Chapter Chapter 2 --- Asynchronous circuit design techniques --- p.5Chapter 2.1 --- Overview --- p.5Chapter 2.2 --- Handshake protocol --- p.5Chapter 2.3 --- Asynchronous pipeline --- p.7Chapter 2.4 --- Asynchronous control elements --- p.9Chapter Chapter 3 --- Asynchronous Java Processor --- p.15Chapter 3.1 --- Instruction Set --- p.15Chapter 3.2 --- Architecture of the java processor --- p.17Chapter 3.3 --- Basic building blocks of the java processor --- p.22Chapter 3.4 --- Token flow --- p.32Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.37Chapter 4.1 --- Simulation Results of test programs --- p.37Chapter 4.2 --- Experimental result --- p.41Chapter 4.3 --- Future work --- p.42Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.45Appendix --- p.47Chip micrograph for the java processor core --- p.47Pin assignment of the java processor --- p.48Schematic of the java processor --- p.52Schematic of the decoder --- p.54Schematic of the Stage2 of the java processor --- p.55Schematic of the stack --- p.56Schematic of the block of the local variables --- p.57Schematic of the 16-bit self-timed adder --- p.58The schematic and the layout of the memory cell --- p.59Reference --- p.6