Title :
Active threshold compensation circuit for improved performance in cooled CMOS systems
Author :
Garrett, Joshua L. ; Stan, Mircea R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a threshold compensation circuit that actively adjusts transistor threshold voltage in order to enhance static CMOS performance gains through temperature, while maintaining nominal subthreshold leakage current levels. Simultaneous are presented which show that active threshold compensation for a circuit with normal operating temperature of 100°C yields a 27% improvement in gate performance when it is cooled to 27°C
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; compensation; cooling; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit packaging; leakage currents; thermal management (packaging); 27 to 100 degC; active threshold compensation circuit; cooled CMOS systems; gate performance; normal operating temperature; static CMOS; subthreshold leakage current levels; transistor threshold voltage; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Cooling; Delay; Performance gain; Subthreshold current; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Thermal management; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. ISCAS 2001. The 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2001.922260
