Power play-fast dynamic power estimation based on logic simulation

Author

Krodel, Thomas H.

Author_Institution

Bell-Northern Res., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

14-16 Oct 1991

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

100

Abstract

A fast algorithm and a tool for the estimation of dynamic power dissipation in digital circuits are presented. The logic waveforms generated by a standard logic simulator are used in order to compute an instantaneous power waveform at the gate- (cell-) level. The tool itself is technology independent; it takes parameters for the currently used cell library from a database that has been established by analog simulation. Modeling of new libraries is easy due to a flexible database format. When compared to SPICE, experimental results show good accuracy for average power consumption (Δ<3%), a close matching of peak power values and a speed-up of more than four orders of magnitude

Keywords

VLSI; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; integrated logic circuits; logic CAD; Power play; VLSI; accuracy; analog simulation; average power consumption; cell library; digital circuits; dynamic power dissipation; instantaneous power waveform; logic waveforms; peak power values; standard logic simulator; technology independent; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Databases; Digital circuits; Energy consumption; Logic; Power dissipation; Power generation; SPICE; Software libraries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1991. ICCD '91. Proceedings, 1991 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2270-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCD.1991.139853

Filename

139853