Title :
Design of Low-Voltage Low-Power IC´s
Author_Institution :
Swiss Centre for Electron. & Microtechnol., CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper summarizes the design experience acquired in micropower circuits and discusses how it can be valorized in new applications where performance cannot be sacrificed to low power. It identifies the absolute trade-off limits for the digital and analog parts, and discusses existing and new strategies, architectural approaches, circuit schemes and process improvements to further approach these limits.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; analog parts; circuit schemes; digital parts; low-voltage low-power IC design; micropower circuits; trade-off limits; Analog circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Dynamic range; Energy consumption; Frequency; Instruments; Microcontrollers; Threshold voltage; Very large scale integration; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Solid State Device Research Conference, 1993. ESSDERC '93. 23rd European
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
