Energy optimality and variability in subthreshold design

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 363-365

  Hanson, Scott ^a   Zhai, Bo ^a   Blaauw, David ^a   Sylvester, Dennis ^a   Bryant, Andres ^b   Wang, Xinlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Subthreshold circuits; Ultra low energy; Variability

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGN; ENERGY OPTIMALITY; SUBTHRESHOLD CIRCUITS; ULTRA-LOW ENERGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247264340     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1165573.1165660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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