Title :
A low voltage CMOS load driver with the adiabatic and bootstrap techniques for low-power system applications
Author :
Chen, H.P. ; Kuo, J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper reports a low-voltage CMOS load driver with the adiabatic and bootstrap techniques for low-power system applications. This load driver is composed of the output stage with two differential inputs driven by the pre-driver stage made of 2-phase differential cascode voltage switch (dCVS) logic cells. Owing to the adiabatic/bootstrap techniques, this 1V load driver provides a high-speed performance, consuming 58% less power as compared to the conventional bootstrapped driver.
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; bootstrap circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; 1 V; CMOS load driver; adiabatic techniques; bootstrap techniques; bootstrapped driver; differential cascode voltage switch; logic cells; low-power system applications; CMOS logic circuits; Capacitors; Clocks; Driver circuits; Energy efficiency; Equivalent circuits; Power supplies; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. MWSCAS '04. The 2004 47th Midwest Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8346-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2004.1354125
