Variability-aware low-power techniques for nanoscale mixed-signal circuits.
Description:
New circuit design techniques that accommodate lower supply voltages necessary for portable systems need to be integrated into the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) core. Systems that once worked at 3.3 V or 2.5 V now need to work at 1.8 V or lower, without causing any performance degradation. Also, the fluctuation of device characteristics caused by process variation in nanometer technologies is seen as design yield loss. The numerous parasitic effects induced by layouts, especially for…
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Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Ghai, Dhruva V.
Partner:
UNT Libraries