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
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