A Variability-Aware Energy-Minimization Strategy for Subthreshold Circuits
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A Variability-Aware Energy-Minimization Strategy for Subthreshold Circuits
We investigate a design strategy for subthreshold circuits focusing on energy-consumption minimization and yield maximization under process variations. The design strategy is based on the following findings related to the operation of low-power CMOS circuits: (1) The minimum operation voltage (VDDmin ) of a circuit is dominated by flip-flops (FFs), and VDDmin of an FF can be improved by upsizin...
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عنوان ژورنال: IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0916-8508,1745-1337
DOI: 10.1587/transfun.e95.a.2242