Power estimation of CMOS circuits via power software

Author

Rodnunsky, N. Lawrence ; Margala, Martin ; Durdle, Nelson G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

24-28 May 1998

Firstpage

149

Abstract

This paper introduces a new analysis software program called power. It was primarily designed to determine and analyze dynamic power dissipations of CMOS circuits prior to fabrication, however the short circuit power contribution to the design was also examined. Pattern dependent analysis, or specific user supplied test vector data, is used to simulate the effects of the dynamic node power and the average short circuit power dissipated by the circuit. The results are stored in a Matlab compatible format. Source code for a Matlab program is appended to the data file, enabling an interactive, graphical environment for viewing the results. This program is ideal for the determination of a suitable layout for SSI, MSI and LSI CMOS circuit designs

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit layout CAD; CMOS circuits; LSI layout; MSI layout; Matlab compatible format; SSI layout; analysis software program; average short circuit power dissipation; dynamic node power; interactive graphical environment; low power electronics; pattern dependent analysis; power estimation; power software; short circuit power contribution; specific user supplied test vector data; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Fabrication; Inverters; Large scale integration; Pattern analysis; Power dissipation; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1998. IEEE Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Waterloo, Ont.

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4314-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1998.682574

Filename

682574