Title :
Conforming block inversion for low power memory
Author :
Chang, You-Sung ; Kyung, Chong-Min
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a scheme for reducing the power consumption of memory components by conforming memory contents to a precharging value. The scheme is oriented to application to single bitline structure of memory. It selectively stores normal or inverted data to reduce the number of bit accesses that have different values from the precharging value, which reduces overall bitline toggling and ultimately contributes to power reduction of the memory.
Keywords :
integrated memory circuits; low-power electronics; bitline toggling; block inversion; low-power memory; power consumption; precharging value; single bitline structure; Algorithm design and analysis; Design automation; Energy consumption; Logic circuits; Logic design; Microprocessors; Read only memory; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
