Title :
Experimental methodology for power characterization of FPGAs
Author :
Herrera-Alzu, I. ; Sánchez, M.A. ; López-Vallejo, M. ; Echeverría, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ing. Electron., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid
fDate :
Aug. 31 2008-Sept. 3 2008
Abstract :
This paper presents an experimental methodology for power characterization of FPGAs. The approach provides a good trade-off among characterization time, cost and accuracy. Our solution is based on the use of an embedded power integrator built upon a low cost controller that provides accumulated power data over fixed time periods. Experimental results have shown suitability of the proposed methodology for different power characterization scenarios.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; FPGA; embedded power integrator; low cost controller; power characterization; Capacitance; Clocks; Control systems; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Leakage current; Logic programming; Performance evaluation; Power measurement; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2008. ICECS 2008. 15th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Julien´s
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2181-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2182-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2008.4674920
