Title :
Asynchronous, quasi-Adiabatic (Asynchrobatic) logic for low-power very wide data width applications
Author :
Willingham, David J. ; Kale, Izzet
Author_Institution :
VLSI Res. Group, Univ. of Westminster, London, UK
Abstract :
A new "Asynchrobatic" low-power logic design style is presented. Its name is a shortening of the concatenation of the two fields of low-power research that it attempts to join. It uses the low-power benefits of an Asynchronous controller to drive a wide data-path of quasi-Adiabatic elements. Results show that in applications with a high switch rate, for example DSP, it is more efficient than a 32-bit asynchronous data-path. It also becomes more efficient as data-path widths are increased.
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; logic design; logic simulation; low-power electronics; 32 bit; asynchrobatic low power logic design; asynchronous controller; asynchronous data-path; low-power very wide data width applications; quasiadiabatic logic circuit; switch rate; CMOS logic circuits; Clocks; Digital signal processing; Energy consumption; Logic circuits; Logic design; Power dissipation; Power generation; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329257
