Effectiveness of adaptive supply voltage and body bias as post-silicon variability compensation techniques for full-swing and low-swing on-chip communication channels

Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1404-1409

  Paci, Giacomo ^b   Bertozzi, Davide ^a   Benini, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); POWER MANAGEMENT; SILICON;

ADAPTIVE SUPPLY VOLTAGE; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL INTERCONNECTS; LOW-POWER COMMUNICATION; LOW-SWING SIGNALING; ON-CHIP COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; POST-SILICON TUNING; VARIABILITY COMPENSATION;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 70350077788     PISSN: 15301591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/date.2009.5090884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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