US 4,543,646 AGranted

Chip topography for MOS Data Encryption Standard circuit

AssigneeWestern Digital Corporation

InventorsWilliam H. Ambrosius, III, Larry D. Rossean

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Abstract

An optimum chip topography for a MOS LSI Data Encryption Standard (DES) circuit, including interface and input/output circuitry disposed around the periphery of the chip, control circuitry disposed in a substantially rectangular area across the upper one-third of the surface of the chip, and, disposed on approximately the lower two-thirds of the surface of the chip and perpendicular to the control circuitry area, and arranged from one side of the chip to the other side of the chip, a key register, permuted choice circuitry, a first combinatorial circuit, a right data register, a second combinatorial circuit, a left data register, a P-combinatorial circuit, a first programmable logic arry group, and a second programmable logic array group. The bonding pad sequence for the MOS DES circuit chip is selected to allow the chip to be placed in either a 40-pin dual-in-line package or a 28-pin dual-in-line package. The bonding pad sequence for the MOS DES circuit chip is also selected to allow optimum arrangement of packages containing the DES circuit chips on a printed circuit board. Repetitive circuit cells and custom drawn circuit cells are both utilized so as to optimize use of semiconductor chip area.

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Dependent claims

A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) chip for a Data Encryption Standard (DES) circuit implementing a pre-selected data encryption algorithm, comprising:

(a) control circuitry adapted to be coupled to external circuitry by means of external signal lines presenting signals to and receiving signals from said external circuitry, for regulating the function of said DES circuit;
(b) a key register coupled to said control circuitry, for storing a user-supplied keyword;
(c) permuted choice circuitry coupled to said key register;
(d) first combinatorial circuitry coupled to said permuted choice circuitry;
(e) a right data register coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry and to said control circuitry, for storing data to be encrypted or decrypted;
(f) second combinatorial circuitry coupled to said right data register;
(g) a left data register coupled to said second combinatorial circuitry, to said right data register, and to said control circuitry, for storing data to be encrypted or decrypted;
(h) P-combinatorial circuitry coupled to said second combinatorial circuitry;
(i) a first programmable logic array group coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry and to said P-combinatorial circuitry;
and
(j) a second programmable logic array group coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry, to said P-combinatorial circuitry, and to said first programmable logic array group;
wherein substantially all of said control circuitry is disposed within a substantially rectangular control circuitry area on the surface of said MOS chip;
and
wherein said key register, permuted choice circuitry, first combinatorial circuitry, right data register, second combinatorial circuitry, left data register, P-combinatorial circuitry, first programmable logic array group, and second programmable logic array group occupy, respectively, rectangular areas disposed parallel to each other on the surface of said MOS chip, said rectangular areas each being perpendicular to and having one side adjacent to said control circuitry area.

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A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) chip for a Data Encryption Standard (DES) circuit implementing a pre-selected data encryption algorithm, comprising:

(a) an input/output bus;
(b) a key register coupled to said input/output bus, for storing a user-supplied keyword;
(c) permuted choice circuitry coupled to said key register;
(d) first combinatorial circuitry coupled to said permuted choice circuitry;
(e) a right data register coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry and to said input/output bus, for storing data to be encrypted or decrypted;
(f) second combinatorial circuitry coupled to said right data register;
(g) a left data register coupled to said second combinatorial circuitry, to said right data register, and to said input/output bus, for storing data to be encrypted or decrypted;
(h) P-combinatorial circuitry coupled to said second combinatorial circuitry;
(i) a first programmable logic array group coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry and to said P-combinatorial circuitry;
(j) a second programmable logic array group coupled to said first combinatorial circuitry, to said P-combinatorial circuitry, and to said first programmable logic array group;
(k) data access lines coupled to said input/output bus, and adapted to be coupled to external circuitry by means of a first external bi-directional data bus presenting data to and receiving data from said external circuitry;
(l) a control register coupled to said input/output bus, for storing user-supplied control commands and status information generated by said DES circuit;
(m) master control logic circuitry coupled to said control register, for regulating the overall function of said DES circuit;
(n) parity detect circuitry coupled to said input/output bus and to said master control logic circuitry, for detecting errors in each keyword supplied by a user;
(o) interface control circuitry coupled to said master control logic circuitry and adapted to be coupled to external circuitry, for receiving and transmitting signals between said DES circuit and said external circuitry;
(p) a cipher data port coupled to said input/output bus and adapted to be coupled to external circuitry by means of a second external bi-directional data bus presenting data to and receiving data from external circuitry;
(q) buffer control circuitry coupled to said data access lines, said cipher data port, and said master control logic circuitry, for regulating the flow of data into and out of said data access lines and said cipher data port under the control of said master control logic circuitry;
and
(r) key and data control circuitry coupled to said control register, said master control logic circuitry, said key register, said right data register data, and said left data register, for regulating the transfer of data into and out of said key register, said left data register, and said right data register, under the control of said master control logic circuitry and said control register;
wherein said data access lines, said cipher data port, and substantially all of said interface control circuitry are disposed around the periphery of the surface of said MOS chip and form the perimeter of a rectangular inner circuit area on the surface of said MOS chip;
wherein said master control logic circuitry, buffer control circuitry, control register, key and data control circuitry, parity detect circuitry, and the remainder of said interface control circuitry are disposed within a substantially rectangular control circuitry area arranged within, and spanning one side of, said inner circuit area;
and
wherein said key register, permuted choice circuitry, first combinatorial circuitry, right data register, second combinatorial circuitry, left data register, P-combinatorial circuitry, first programmable logic array group, and second programmable logic array group occupy, respectively, rectangular areas disposed parallel to each other, said rectangular areas each being perpendicular to and having one side adjacent to said control circuitry area, and each being within said inner circuit area.

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A metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) chip for a Data Encryption Standard (DES) circuit comprising data access lines, buffer control circuitry, a cipher data port, parity detect circuitry, master control logic circuitry, a control register, key and data control circuitry, a key register, permuted choice circuitry, a first combinatorial circuit, a right data register, a second combinatorial circuit, a left data register, a P-combinatorial circuit, a first programmable logic array group, a second programmable logic array group, and interface control circuitry coupled to a multiplicity of bonding pads on a surface of said MOS DES chip, said bonding pads being arranged around the periphery of said MOS DES chip in a sequence counter-clockwise from a system clock bonding pad CLK, said CLK bonding pad being located at the top of a first edge of said chip and coupled to said interface control circuitry, said bonding pads including, respectively, a multiplicity of cipher data port bonding pads CDP1, CDP3, CDP5, CDP7 coupled to said cipher data port;

a Read Enable bonding pad RE and a Write Enable bonding pad WE coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a first voltage supply bonding pad V.sub.dd and a second voltage supply bonding pad V.sub.cc coupled to said MOS DES circuit;
a first no-connection bonding pad NC1;
a Data-Out Acknowledge bonding pad DOA and a Data-In Acknowledge bonding pad DIA coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a second no-connection bonding pad NC2;
a Key Acknowledge bonding pad KA coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a third no-connection pad NC3;
a Data-Out Request bonding pad DOR, a Data-In Request bonding pad DIR, a Key Request bonding pad KR, and a Key Error Output Enable bonding pad KEOE coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a third voltage supply bonding pad V.sub.ss coupled to said MOS DES circuit;
an Encrypt/Decrypt bonding pad E/D, an Activate bonding pad ACT, a Key Parity Error Bonding pad KPE, a Master Reset bonding pad MR, and a Command Register Pin Select bonding pad CRPS coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a multiplicity of cipher data port bonding pads CDP0, CDP2, CDP4, CDP6 coupled to said cipher data port;
an A0 bonding pad and a Data Port Select bonding pad DPS coupled to said interface control circuitry;
a multiplicity of data access line bonding pads DAL6, DAL4, DAL2, DAL0, DAL7, DAL5, DAL3, DAL1 coupled to said data access lines;
and a Chip Select bonding pad CS coupled to said interface control circuitry.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.