• DocumentCode
    3130328
  • Title

    Synthesis of Low-Power Synchronous Digital Systems Operating in Double-Edge of the Clock

  • Author

    Oliveira, Duarte L. ; Curtinhas, Tiago ; Faria, Luis ; Romano, Lucia

  • Author_Institution
    Div. de Eletron., Inst. Tecnol. de Aeronaut. - (ITA), Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7-9 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    59
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    In a synchronous digital system, the activity of the clock signal is a major energy consumer. It is responsible for 15% to 45% of the total consumed energy. Once reducing the activity of the clock signal, it is possible not only a reduction of the considered energy, but also a reduction of clock skew problems and electromagnetic iteration. An interesting strategy to achieve this goal is to design the synchronous digital system to operate in transitions of both edges of the clock signal (double-edge triggered -- DET), once it allows a 50% reduction in the frequency of the clock signal, although showing the same processing rate data. In this paper it is proposed a method that synthesizes synchronous digital systems that operate on both edges of the clock signal, using only flip-flops sensitive to a single edge of the clock signal (single-edge triggered flip-flops - SET-FF) as components of the state memory. The proposed method presents good results and a high probability of practical implementation.
  • Keywords
    clocks; digital systems; flip-flops; low-power electronics; clock signal; clock skew problems reduction; double-edge of the clock; electromagnetic iteration; energy consumer; energy reduction; low-power synchronous digital systems; single-edge triggered flip-flops; Clocks; Digital systems; Encoding; Flip-flops; Registers; Synchronization; Throughput; SET-FFs; double-edge clock; low-power; partitioning; state assignment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Andean Region International Conference (ANDESCON), 2012 VI
  • Conference_Location
    Cuenca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4427-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Andescon.2012.23
  • Filename
    6424120