Title :
Design and synthesis of monotonic circuits
Author :
Thorp, Tyler ; Yee, Gin ; Sechen, Carl
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
We developed a methodology and tools for synthesizing monotonic networks, which consist of alternating low-skew and high-skew logic gates. By taking advantage of their reduced input capacitance, lower switching thresholds, and efficient implementation for wide complex gates, monotonic circuits can obtain greater performance compared to static CMOS. Our results show standard domino, dynamic-static domino, monotonic static CMOS, and zipper CMOS to have average speed improvements of 1.57, 1.66, 1.67, and 1.47 times over static CMOS, respectively
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; logic gates; domino; dynamic-static domino; logic gates; monotonic circuits; monotonic networks; monotonic static CMOS; switching thresholds; wide complex gates; zipper CMOS; CMOS logic circuits; Circuit noise; Circuit synthesis; Current supplies; Delay; Inverters; Logic devices; Logic gates; MOS devices; Network synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design, 1999. (ICCD '99) International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0406-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1999.808597
