• DocumentCode
    3168429
  • Title

    An ultra-low-power CMOS on-chip interconnect architecture

  • Author

    Bellaouar, A. ; Abu-Khater, I.S. ; Elmasry, M.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    9-11 Oct. 1995
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    An ultra-low-power CMOS static on-chip interconnect architecture is proposed. It is based on using low-swing on the capacitive bus. The power due to the charging and discharging of the bus is reduced by a factor as high as 10 at 3.3 V without any delay degradation. The circuits are implemented in 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The performance can be improved using multi-threshold voltage techniques without any increase in DC power.
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; ULSI; VLSI; delays; integrated circuit interconnections; 0.8 micron; 3.3 V; DC power; ULSI; VLSI; bus charging; bus discharging; delay degradation; low-swing capacitive bus; multi-threshold voltage techniques; on-chip interconnect architecture; ultra-low-power CMOS; CMOS technology; Degradation; Delay; Driver circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Leakage current; MOS devices; Power dissipation; Threshold voltage; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Low Power Electronics, 1995., IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3036-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPE.1995.482461
  • Filename
    482461