Abstract
In this paper, we describe skewed static logic (S2 L) with topology-dependent dual Vt which exhibits an energy-efficient operation. S2 L consumes less dynamic and static power compared to monotonic static (MS) CMOS. Speed degradation of S2 L, if any, can be offset by an accelerator circuit. We have designed NAND-NOR gate chains using 0.18-μm CMOS technology and verified that S2 L reduces energy-delay product over MS CMOS by 27%-50%. We have also designed 32-b carry-lookahead adders and verified that S2 L with dual Vt reduces delay by 43% and energy-delay product by 31% for 1-V power supply over conventional CMOS circuit. Synthesis algorithm for S2 L is developed and the experimental results show S2 L consumes 23% less power than MS CMOS with minor increase in delay.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-70 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 Feb |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received January 3, 2001; revised January 16, 2002. This work was supported in part by Semiconductor Research Corporation under SRC Contract 98-HJ-641.
Keywords
- Accelerator
- Adder
- Dual Vt
- Low power
- Skewed logic
- Synthesis algorithm
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Hardware and Architecture
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering