Optimum threshold-voltage tuning for low-power, high-performance microprocessor

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 17-20

  Miyazaki, Masayuki ^a   Ono, Goichi ^a   Kawahara, Takayuki ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BODY-BIAS; BODY BIAS; CMOS CIRCUITS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DUAL CONTROL; FORWARD BODY BIASING; HIGH-PERFORMANCE MICROPROCESSORS; LOW POWER; OPTIMUM THRESHOLD; PERFORMANCE CONTROL; TUNING SYSTEM; VOLTAGE TUNING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TUNING; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 39749141962     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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