Title :
Low-power CMOS/BiCMOS drivers and receivers for on-chip interconnects
Author :
Bellaouar, A. ; Abu-Khater, I.S. ; Elmasry, M.I.
Author_Institution :
VLSI Res. Group, Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Novel low-voltage swing CMOS and BiCMOS driver/receiver circuits for low-power VLSI applications are proposed. Interconnect wire drivers with low output signal swing are employed. Special receivers provide single and double level conversion while minimizing the total driver/receiver transmission delay. These level converters have no DC power dissipation. At 3.3 V power supply voltage, the proposed circuits consume less power without delay penalty. The power saving is observed to be as high as 30%. At lower supplies further power and delay improvements are observed
Keywords :
BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; convertors; delays; driver circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; receivers; 3.3 V; delay improvements; double level conversion; interconnect wire drivers; level converters; low-power BiCMOS; low-power CMOS; low-power VLSI applications; low-power receivers; onchip interconnects; single level conversion; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Delay; Driver circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Inverters; Power dissipation; Power supplies; Power system interconnection; Threshold voltage; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
