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Register-Like Block RAM: Implementation, Testing in FPGA and Applications for High Energy Physics Trigger Systems

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OSTI ID:1827389
In high energy physics experiment trigger systems, block memories are utilized for various purposes, especially in indexed searching algorithms. It is often demanded to globally reset all memory locations between different events which is a feature not supported in regular block memories. Another common demand is to be able to update the contents in any memory location in a single clock cycle. These two demands can be fulfilled with registers but the cost of using registers for large memory is unaffordable. In this paper, a register-like block memory design scheme is described, which allows updating memory locations in single clock cycle and effectively refreshing entire memory within a single clock. The implementation and test results are presented.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1827389
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-16-781-E; oai:inspirehep.net:1914513
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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