DocumentCode
3039248
Title
Sub-Threshold Design: The Challenges of Minimizing Circuit Energy
Author
Calhoun, B.H. ; Wang, A. ; Verma, N. ; Chandrakasan, A.
Author_Institution
Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
fYear
2006
fDate
4-6 Oct. 2006
Firstpage
366
Lastpage
368
Abstract
In this paper, we identify the key challenges that oppose sub-threshold circuit design and describe fabricated chips that verify techniques for overcoming the challenges
Keywords
CMOS digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; microprocessor chips; dynamic voltage scaling; fabricated chips; low voltage memory; minimizing circuit energy; process variations; sub-threshold circuit design; sub-threshold digital circuits; sub-threshold logic; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS process; Circuit synthesis; Delay; Digital circuits; Dynamic voltage scaling; Logic circuits; Logic design; Ring oscillators; Robustness; Design; Performance; Reliability; Sub-threshold digital circuits; dynamic voltage scaling; low voltage memoty; process variations; sub-threshold logic;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Low Power Electronics and Design, 2006. ISLPED'06. Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tegernsee
Print_ISBN
1-59593-462-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LPE.2006.4271869
Filename
4271869
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