Title :
Self-timed thermally-aware circuits
Author :
Fang, D. ; Akopyan, F. ; Manohar, R.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Syst. Lab., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
Thermal management is becoming increasingly important in circuit designs with high power density. Circuits that overheat beyond specified operating conditions may suffer timing failures, or become damaged for various reasons, including thermal runaway. We present a novel application of a thermally sensitive circuit to automatically regulate the performance and power consumption of asynchronous circuits, with minimal implementation overhead, and free of interruption of operation
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; thermal management (packaging); timing circuits; asynchronous circuits; circuit design; high power density; minimal implementation overhead; self-timed circuits; thermal management; thermally-aware circuits; timing failures; Asynchronous circuits; Delay; Energy consumption; Energy management; Foot; Power engineering computing; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Thermal management; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging VLSI Technologies and Architectures, 2006. IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2533-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISVLSI.2006.81
