Fair arbitration for multi-instrument Space Probe

Multi-instrument based modern measuring devices have to deal with continuous and irregular data streams from the sensors. Usually remote measuring devices have to transmit data to another location through a single transmitter. Hence, there is a need for a Fair/non-greedy Arbiter, which guarantees transmitter bandwidth to all channels without allowing a single channel to dominate the bandwidth. The data from each instrument has to be interfaced to the Arbiter through a buffer to prevent data loss before being granted the bandwidth for transmission. An integrated circuit of such a system was designed in TSMC 90 nm CMOS technology for a Space Probe.