Ultra-Low-Voltage Design of Energy-Efficient Digital Circuits
Authors: Reynders, Nele, Dehaene, Wim
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.”
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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Sub-Threshold Operation: Theory and Challenges
Pages 19-45
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Gate-Level Building Blocks
Pages 47-84
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Architectural Design
Pages 85-112
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Datapath Blocks
Pages 113-139
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ultra-Low-Voltage Design of Energy-Efficient Digital Circuits
- Authors
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- Nele Reynders
- Wim Dehaene
- Series Title
- Analog Circuits and Signal Processing
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-16136-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-16136-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-16135-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-38608-9
- Series ISSN
- 1872-082X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 192
- Number of Illustrations
- 38 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
- Topics