Title :
Fast power-efficient circuit-block switch-off scheme
Author :
Henzler, S. ; Georgakos, G. ; Berthold, J. ; Schmitt-Landsiedel, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Tech. Electron., Munich Univ. of Technol., Munchen, Germany
Abstract :
A methodology is proposed for glitch-free power switching of unused circuit blocks in leakage dominated deep-submicrometre technologies. With respect to conventional non-glitch-free approaches, significantly faster settling time and lower power consumption during the activation of the block are obtained.
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; low-power electronics; CMOS logic; circuit-block switch-off scheme; double-switch scheme; fast power-efficient scheme; glitch-free power switching; leakage currents; leakage dominated deep-submicrometre technologies; low power consumption; settling time; switch activation; transient response; unused circuit blocks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040088
