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2004 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD'04)
A New Threshold Voltage Assignment Scheme for Runtime Leakage Reduction in On-Chip Repeaters
San Jose, CA
October 11-October 13
ISBN: 0-7695-2231-9
Saumil Shah, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kanak Agarwal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dennis Sylvester, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
High performance digital circuits require long bus lines to operate at very high frequencies, necessitating a large number of repeaters to be inserted along these lines. Power consumed by repeaters, particularly that contributed by subthreshold leakage, is becoming a major consideration in digital design. We compare several threshold voltage assignment schemes to reduce runtime leakage power in buffers. We explore trade-offs between dynamic and static power by selectively mixing high and low Vt devices within a pull-up or pull-down network. We propose an activity-dependent hybrid Vt assignment scheme that can be applied across a bus. These configurations are shown to reduce total power by up to 38% and runtime leakage by up to 48%, with negligible design or area overhead.
Citation:
Saumil Shah, Kanak Agarwal, Dennis Sylvester, "A New Threshold Voltage Assignment Scheme for Runtime Leakage Reduction in On-Chip Repeaters," iccd, pp.138-143, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD'04), 2004
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