Title :
A low-power design technique for digital signal processing applications
Author :
Varga, László ; Hosszú, Gábor ; Kovács, Ferenc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron Devices, Tech. Univ. Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
We present a novel design technique to reduce the power consumption of the data paths. Our technique is based on the observation that a circuit can be optimally synthesized for a particular type of inputs. We use logic-level techniques to re-synthesize data path elements to be effective in terms of power dissipation. The regularity of data path elements are destroyed, however, voltage scaling can be applied, which result in power savings.
Keywords :
circuit optimisation; combinational circuits; digital signal processing chips; integrated circuit design; logic design; DSP applications; DSP chip; combinational logic; combinational logic block; data path elements synthesis; data paths; digital signal processing applications; input distribution; input vectors; logic-level techniques; low-power design; multiple-level logic optimization; power consumption reduction; power dissipation; power savings; registers; voltage scaling; Capacitance; Circuit synthesis; Design optimization; Digital signal processing; Digital systems; Energy consumption; High level synthesis; Power dissipation; Signal design; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6290-X
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2000.880061
