TY - GEN
T1 - Synthesis strategies for sub-VT systems
AU - Meinerzhagen, Pascal
AU - Andersson, Oskar
AU - Sherazi, Yasser
AU - Burg, Andreas
AU - Rodrigues, Joachim
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Various synthesis strategies relying on conventional standard-cell libraries (SCLs) are evaluated in order to minimize the energy dissipation per operation in sub-threshold (sub-VT) systems. First, two sub-V T analysis methods are reviewed, both of which allow to evaluate the energy dissipation and performance in the sub-VT regime for designs which have been synthesized using a 65-nm CMOS SCL, characterized at nominal supply voltage. Both analysis methods are able to predict the energy minimum supply voltage (EMV) of any given design. Next, the results of a sub-V T synthesis at EMV using re-characterized SCLs are compared to the initial synthesis results. Finally, the results of timing-driven synthesis in both the above-VT and the sub-VT domain are compared to the results of power-driven synthesis.
AB - Various synthesis strategies relying on conventional standard-cell libraries (SCLs) are evaluated in order to minimize the energy dissipation per operation in sub-threshold (sub-VT) systems. First, two sub-V T analysis methods are reviewed, both of which allow to evaluate the energy dissipation and performance in the sub-VT regime for designs which have been synthesized using a 65-nm CMOS SCL, characterized at nominal supply voltage. Both analysis methods are able to predict the energy minimum supply voltage (EMV) of any given design. Next, the results of a sub-V T synthesis at EMV using re-characterized SCLs are compared to the initial synthesis results. Finally, the results of timing-driven synthesis in both the above-VT and the sub-VT domain are compared to the results of power-driven synthesis.
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U2 - 10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043593
DO - 10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043593
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AN - SCOPUS:80155164949
SN - 9781457706189
T3 - 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011
SP - 552
EP - 555
BT - 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011
T2 - 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011
Y2 - 29 August 2011 through 31 August 2011
ER -