Title :
Low-power area-efficient delay element with a wide delay range
Author :
Al-Eryani, Jidan ; Stanitzki, A. ; Konrad, Karsten ; Tavangaran, Nima ; Bruckmann, Dieter ; Kokozinski, Rainer
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Abstract :
A low-power, area-efficient delay element with a wide tunable delay range is proposed. A novel circuit topology is used, where the delay is set using a single control-voltage that controls both the charging and discharging time of a capacitor. A positive feedback mechanism minimizes and keeps the energy consumption constant for a wide delay range. Figure of merits are presented and comparison with previous works illustrates the improvements obtained.
Keywords :
capacitors; delay circuits; network topology; capacitor charging-discharging time; circuit topology; control voltage; energy consumption constant; low-power area-efficient delay element; positive feedback mechanism; tunable delay range; Delay; Energy consumption; Logic gates; Power demand; Threshold voltage; Transistors; Trigger circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seville
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1261-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1259-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2012.6463625
