CKVdd: A Clock-Controlled Self-Stabilized Voltage Technique for Reducing Dynamic Power in CMOS Digital Circuits

被引:1
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作者
Cheng, Ching-Hwa [1 ]
Wang, Chin-Hsien [1 ]
机构
[1] Feng Chia Univ, Taichung, Taiwan
来源
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS | 2009年 / E92C卷 / 04期
关键词
dynamic power reduction; ramp voltage; power switch;
D O I
10.1587/transele.E92.C.391
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
CMOS circuits consume)e great dynamic power in switching. It has been proposed that energy transfer through a rising V-dd dissipates small amounts of energy. In typical power gate circuit,;, the high-performance PMOS transistors (P-S (W)) that connect the circuit blocks to the power supply reduce leakage power by shutting off outer power (V-dd) to the idle blocks. We expand this technique by utilizing active P-S (W), which are turned on and off by clock signal. The P-S (W), are fully turned on only for half of each clock cycle. This means that Sufficient V-dd is provided to the circuit continuously for half Of each clock cycle. In this manner, the circuit charge and discharge actions are cycle occur in different phases, and ramp V-dd is supplied to the designed circuit; we name this technique "CKVdd" CKVdd is a clock-controlled self-stabilized voltage technique, which generates stable ramp voltage to suppress the currents effectively. It is proposed to reduce dynamic power dissipation in conventional CMOS digital circuits. As compared to the conventional circuit, the circuits using CKVdd technique possesses several characteristics that differ from those of the current circuits using constant V-dd power source. First, CKVdd technique combines the power source and clock signal; it is an efficient low power technique. Second, CKVdd propose a feasible method to generate ramp-V-dd and low-V-dd. This technique would be convenient used to design generic low power digital circuits. Third, normal CMOS circuits show the dynamic power Consumption increase proportional to the clock frequency. CKVdd results in a lower-than-usual frequency dependency, it is Suitable used to design high clock speed circuits. In investigating constant V-dd for MPEG VLD decoders, CKVdd-circuit reduces 48% of the usual power dissipation and 88% of the Usual peak current with small delay penalty.
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页码:391 / 400
页数:10
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