Title :
Low voltage ULSI design: the lower, the better?
Author :
Shimohigashi, K. ; Seki, K.
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
An overview of low-voltage ULSI circuit design is presented, beginning with a discussion of the low voltage limit. Logic circuits employing CMOS technology and SRAM and DRAM memory circ.uits are described. Low-voltage analog circuit technology using smart power technology is presented. The switching energies of various electron devices are compared with that of the brain cell in order to gain insight on the minimum energy function.<>
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; DRAM chips; SRAM chips; VLSI; integrated circuit technology; CMOS technology; DRAM; SRAM; analog circuit technology; brain cell; electron devices; low voltage limit; low-voltage ULSI circuit design; minimum energy function; smart power technology; switching energies; Analog circuits; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS memory circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Electron devices; Logic circuits; Low voltage; Random access memory; Ultra large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 1992. Digest of Technical Papers., 1992 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0701-1
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.1992.229241
