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Title: | ULTRA ENERGY-EFFICIENT SUB-/NEAR-THRESHOLD COMPUTING: PLATFORM AND METHODOLOGY | Authors: | ZHAO WENFENG | Keywords: | Sub-/Near-threshold, energy efficiency, ultra-low voltage, digital VLSI | Issue Date: | 3-Jan-2014 | Citation: | ZHAO WENFENG (2014-01-03). ULTRA ENERGY-EFFICIENT SUB-/NEAR-THRESHOLD COMPUTING: PLATFORM AND METHODOLOGY. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) sub-/near-threshold operation has been demonstrated as a feasible solution for extremely energy-constrained applications. It brings opportunities for realizing the next-geneation computing devices and platforms. However, ULV circuits are faced with many design challenges and existing solutions are less optimal for energy minimization. In this thesis, we study the design and optimization methodology for ULV circuits. First, in order to reduce the excessive design margins and to boost the circuit performance at ultra-low voltage regime, we present a surrogate modeling based statistical static timing analysis for ULV timing closure and self-body biasing technique for performance enhancement. Second, we present several design techniques to improve the performance of crucial ULV circuit building blocks, such as wide conversion range level shifter, energy-efficient intra-cell mixed-Vth standard cell library and energy-efficient gain-cell based embedded DRAM. Finally, we propose a 280nW nearly all-digital ULV temperature sensor to eliminate the power-hungry frequency reference in conventional temperature sensor designs. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/77741 |
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