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Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume I (DATE'04)
Simultaneous State, Vt and Tox Assignment for Total Standby Power Minimization
Paris, France
February 16-February 20
ISBN: 0-7695-2085-5
Dongwoo Lee, University of Michigan
Harmander Deogun, University of Michigan
David Blaauw, University of Michigan
Dennis Sylvester, University of Michigan
Standby leakage current minimization is a pressing concern for mobile applications that rely on standby modes to extend battery life. Also, gate oxide leakage current (Igate) has become comparable to subthreshold leakage (Isub) in 90nm technologies. In this paper, we propose a new method that uses a combined approach of sleep-state, threshold voltage (Vt and gate oxide thickness (Tox) assignments in a dual-Vt and dual-Tox process to minimize both Isub and Igate. Using this method, total leakage current can be dramatically reduced since in a known state in standby mode, only certain transistors are responsible for leakage current and need to be considered for high-Vt or thick-Tox assignment. We formulate the optimization problem for simultaneous state, Vt and Tox assignments under delay constraints and propose two practical heuristics. We implemented and tested the proposed methods on a set of synthesized benchmark circuits. Results show an average leakage current reduction of 5-6X and 2-3X compared to previous approaches that only use state or state+Vt assignment, respectively, with small delay penalties.
Citation:
Dongwoo Lee, Harmander Deogun, David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, "Simultaneous State, Vt and Tox Assignment for Total Standby Power Minimization," date, vol. 1, pp.10494, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition Volume I (DATE'04), 2004
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