Title :
Energy-Optimal Circuit Design
Author :
Hanson, Scott ; Zhai, Bo ; Blaauw, David ; Sylvester, Dennis
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract :
Energy efficiency is an emerging metric for the quality of integrated circuit designs. Applications ranging from wireless sensor networks to RFID tags to embedded microprocessors require extremely low power consumption to maintain good battery life. We advocate the use of aggressively scaled supply voltages in such applications to maximize energy efficiency. This paper reviews our recent progress in mapping out the low energy design space including the presence of an energy-optimal supply voltage, and also touches on complications arising from variability at low supply voltages. We conclude with a survey of open research directions in the ultra-low voltage design space.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; power aware computing; RFID tag; aggressively scaled supply voltage; embedded microprocessor; energy-optimal circuit design; integrated circuit design; low energy design; power consumption; wireless sensor network; Batteries; Circuit synthesis; Costs; Dynamic voltage scaling; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Inverters; Low voltage; Microprocessors; Wireless sensor networks; CMOS; Integrated circuits; low-power;
Conference_Titel :
System-on-Chip, 2007 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tampere
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1367-6
Electronic_ISBN :
07EX1846
DOI :
10.1109/ISSOC.2007.4427450
