Title :
Dual threshold voltage domino logic
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract :
Dual threshold voltage (DVT) domino logic utilizes dual Vt´s to provide the performance equivalent of a purely low Vtdesign with the standby leakage characteristic of a purely high Vtimplementation. DVT domino logic is an attractive circuit style compared to other dual Vttechniques because there are no performance penalties, no difficult transistor sizing issues, and all gates (not just non-critical ones) can be compensated. In fact, any low Vtdomino design can easily be converted to a dual Vtimplementation with superior characteristics.
Keywords :
Clocks; Leakage current; Logic circuits; Logic design; Logic devices; Power dissipation; Power supplies; Switches; Threshold voltage; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1999. ESSCIRC '99. Proceedings of the 25th European
Conference_Location :
Duisburg, Germany