A Variation-tolerant sub-threshold design approach Conference Paper

abstract

• Due to their extreme low power consumption, sub-threshold design approaches are appealing for a widening class of applications which demand low power consumption and can tolerate larger circuit delays. However, sub-threshold circuits are extremely sensitive to variations in supply, temperature and processing factors. In this paper, we present a sub-threshold design methodology which dynamically self-adjusts for inter and intra-die process, supply voltage and temperature (PVT) variations. This adjustment is achieved by performing bulk voltage adjustments in a closed-loop fashion, using a charge pump and a phase-detector. Copyright 2003 ACM.

authors

• Khatri, Sunil

published proceedings

• Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

author list (cited authors)

• Jayakumar, N., & Khatri, S. P.

complete list of authors

• Jayakumar, N||Khatri, SP

publication date

• December 2005

published in

• Design Automation Conference  Journal

start page

• 716

end page

• 719