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Ultra-Low-Voltage Design of Energy-Efficient Digital Circuits

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Authors:
  1. Nele Reynders

    1. ESAT-MICAS, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

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  2. Wim Dehaene

    1. ESAT-MICAS, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

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  • Provides a global overview and design methodology for ultra-low-voltage digital circuit design, covering all abstraction levels of digital design, from gate-level up to architecture-level recommendations
  • Examines in detail the effects of CMOS scaling on ultra-low-voltage designs
  • Includes detailed descriptions of several prototypes designed with the presented ultra-low-voltage design methodology, fabricated in advanced nanometer CMOS technologies

Part of the book series: Analog Circuits and Signal Processing (ACSP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 1-18

  3. Sub-Threshold Operation: Theory and Challenges

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 19-45

  4. Gate-Level Building Blocks

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 47-84

  5. Architectural Design

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 85-112

  6. Datapath Blocks

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 113-139

  7. JPEG Encoder

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 141-170

  8. Conclusion

    • Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene
    Pages 171-180

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-192
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About this book

This book focuses on increasing the energy-efficiency of electronic devices so that portable applications can have a longer stand-alone time on the same battery. The authors explain the energy-efficiency benefits that ultra-low-voltage circuits provide and provide answers to tackle the challenges which ultra-low-voltage operation poses. An innovative design methodology is presented, verified, and validated by four prototypes in advanced CMOS technologies. These prototypes are shown to achieve high energy-efficiency through their successful functionality at ultra-low supply voltages.

Authors and Affiliations

  • ESAT-MICAS, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

    Nele Reynders, Wim Dehaene

About the authors

The scientific interest of W. Dehaene is situated in the general domain of micro-electronics. The focus is on circuits and architectures. In the beginning the research concentrated on analog circuits, mainly during the PhD work. During the industrial part of the career at Alcatel Microelectronics this was expanded towards architectural and system design. The circuit level however always was prominently present. When research goes into systems and architecture the extension towards digital hardware and even software becomes a relatively small step. When going back to the academic world, the focus is again on circuit level but now for digital systems. A lot of the problems in digital circuit design are of an analog nature: e.g. the combination of low power and high speed. A knowledge that crosses both the analog and digital domain is here thus essential. Summarizing the research interest in a one-liner gives: “mixed analog digital systems with a focus on circuit-architecture level.”

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