• DocumentCode
    3039231
  • Title

    Energy Optimality and Variability in Subthreshold Design

  • Author

    Hanson, Scott ; Zhai, Bo ; Blaauw, David ; Sylvester, Dennis ; Bryant, Andres ; Wang, Xinlin

  • Author_Institution
    Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4-6 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    363
  • Lastpage
    365
  • Abstract
    Recent progress in the development of subthreshold circuit design techniques has created the opportunity for dramatic energy reductions in many applications. However, energy efficiency comes at the price of timing and energy variability due to process variations. We explore energy optimality in the subthreshold regime, discuss variability in this region, and highlight the energy and variability characteristics of a real subthreshold design
  • Keywords
    MOS digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; energy optimality; energy reductions; energy variability; process variations; subthreshold circuit design; timing price; ultra low energy design; Biomedical measurements; Circuit synthesis; Delay; Energy efficiency; Equations; Inverters; Logic; Low voltage; Threshold voltage; Timing; Design; Subthreshold circuits; ultra-low energy; variability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Low Power Electronics and Design, 2006. ISLPED'06. Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Tegernsee
  • Print_ISBN
    1-59593-462-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPE.2006.4271868
  • Filename
    4271868