Title :
Datapath design using asymmetrically-doped FinFET
Author_Institution :
Integrated Circuits & Electron. Lab. (ICE-Lab.), Aarhus Univ., Aarhus, Denmark
Abstract :
In this paper, new low-power and low-leakage domino circuit topologies is proposed using asymmetrically-doped FinFET devices. Asymmetric source/drain doping results in unequal currents for positive and negative drain-to-source voltages (VDS). Using the proposed device, leakage current reduces significantly while the performance is improved. The proposed device shows 10 times reduction in leakage current while other characteristics such as DIBL and SS are ameliorated. To show the efficacy of the proposed device, asymmetric FinFET is used in designing high fan-in gates. Furthermore, it will be illustrated how to design a datapath using proposed device that results in improved robustness and power consumption.
Keywords :
MOSFET; low-power electronics; network topology; semiconductor doping; DIBL; SS; asymmetrically-doped FinFET; datapath design; high fan-in gate; leakage current; low-leakage domino circuit topologies; low-power domino circuit topologies; negative drain-to-source voltages; positive drain-to-source voltages; power consumption; robustness improvement; Doping; FinFETs; Logic gates; Robustness; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boise, ID
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2526-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1548-3746
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2012.6291947