Logic architecture and VDD selection for reducing the impact of intra-die random Vt variations on timing

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Beitragende

  • Bahman Kheradmand-Boroujeni - , Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • Christian Piguet - , Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM) (Autor:in)
  • Yusuf Leblebici - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)

Abstract

We show that in logic circuits working at supply voltage (VDD) below nominal value, proper selection of logic architecture and VDD together can reduce the impact of device-to-device random process variations (PV) on timing. First we show that σ/μ of transistor current and delay strongly depend on VDD. Then we compare the PV sensitivity of Low-Power Slow (LP-S) and High-Power Fast (HP-F) architectures. The results propose the idea that for a given technology, equal power budget and delay, LP-S circuits working at higher VDD are about 1.8X less PV sensitive compare to HP-F circuits working at lower VDD.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelLecture Notes in Computer Science
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Seiten170-179
Seitenumfang10
Band6448
ISBN (elektronisch)978-3-642-17752-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-17751-4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2011
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Workshop

Titel20th International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation 2010
KurztitelPATMOS 2010
Veranstaltungsnummer20
Dauer7 - 10 September 2010
StadtGrenoble
LandFrankreich

Externe IDs

Scopus 85037546282

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