Adaptive MTCMOS for Dynamic Leakage and Frequency Control using Variable Footer Strength Conference Paper

abstract

• Deviations in leakage and delay due to process variation have increased greatly with technology scaling. This paper presents two adaptive MTCMOS schemes to address the growing leakage and delay spreads found in modern high-performance designs. Variable-Gate Voltage MTCMOS adjusts the applied gate voltage on footer devices while Variable-Width MTCMOS adaptively turns on or off footers in a circuit block. Both techniques compensate for the spread in leakage and delay. Our results show a 21%-61% decrease in runtime leakage with a worst-case delay penalty of 9%. 2005 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2005 Joint 30th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

authors

• Nowka, Kevin

published proceedings

• 2005 Joint 30th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics
• Proceedings - IEEE International SOC Conference

author list (cited authors)

• Deogun, H. S., Rao, R., Sylvester, D., & Nowka, K.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Deogun, Harmander Singh||Rao, Rahul||Sylvester, Dennis||Nowka, Kevin

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4008 Electrical Engineering
• 4009 Electronics, Sensors And Digital Hardware

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/socc.2005.1554483

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0780392647

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780780392649

start page

• 147

end page

• 150

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/socc.2005.1554483