Synthesis strategies for sub-VT systems

2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 552-555

  Meinerzhagen, Pascal ^a   Andersson, Oskar ^a   Sherazi, Yasser ^a   Burg, Andreas ^a   Rodrigues, Joachim ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ENERGY MINIMA; STANDARD-CELL; SUBTHRESHOLD; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SYNTHESIS STRATEGY; TIMING-DRIVEN;

DESIGN; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 80155164949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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