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Static Power Reduction Techniques For Asynchronous Circuits

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Author
Ortega Otero, Carlos
Abstract

Power gating techniques are effective in mitigating leakage losses, which represent a significant portion of power consumption in nanoscale circuits. We examine variants of two representative techniques, Cut-Off and Zig-Zag Cut-Off [12], and find that they offer an average of 80% and 20% in power savings, respectively, for asynchronous circuit families. We also present a new zero-delay (ZDRTO) wakeup technique for power gated asynchronous pipelines, which leverages the robustness of asynchronous circuits to delays and supply voltage variations. Our ZDRTO technique offers a trade off between wake up time and static power reduction, making it suitable for power gating pipelines with lowduty cycle, bursty usage patterns.

Date Issued
2012-08-20
Keywords
Asynchronous
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static power
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vlsi
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Integrated Circuits
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leakage
Committee Chair
Manohar, Rajit
Committee Member
Myers, Andrew C.
Suh, Gookwon Edward
Degree Discipline
Electrical Engineering
Degree Name
M.S., Electrical Engineering
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis

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