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Abstract | ||
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A customized design flow for ultra-low power cell library and an 8-bit ultra-low power microprocessor for wireless sensor network application are presented in this paper. According to the logic pre-synthesis results of the 8-bit microprocessor HDL code, frequently used standard cells are collected to develop a customized sub-threshold cell library through size and structure modifications. The ultimate transistor-level netlist of the processor is generated by the RTL code re-synthesis results through cell substitution under the sub-threshold cell library. Using the SPICE simulator, experimental results show that our 8-bit microprocessor can work at a supply voltage as low as 230mV at full temperature range of all technology corners, which has a power only 79nW and the frequency 10 KHz at 230mV and room temperature. As a result, the proposed microprocessor provides a feasible solution for emerging energy-constrained applications. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1109/VLSISoC.2011.6081633 | VLSI-SOC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
ultra-low power,network synthesis,logic circuits,spice,room temperature,transistor-level netlist,power transistors,spice simulator,microprocessor chips,wireless sensor network,hardware description languages,ultra-low power microprocessor,microprocessor,encoding,sub-threshold circuit,8-bit microprocessor hdl code,logic presynthesis,supply voltage,8-bit subthreshold microprocessor,logic cell library,wireless sensor networks,ultra-low power cell library,rtl code resynthesis,customized subthreshold cell library,energy-constrained application,logic gates | Netlist,Logic gate,Power semiconductor device,Computer science,Microprocessor,8-bit,Design flow,Wireless sensor network,Hardware description language,Embedded system | Conference |
Volume | Issue | ISBN |
null | null | 978-1-4577-0169-6 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wei Jin | 1 | 83 | 25.25 |
| Sheng Lu | 2 | 8 | 2.49 |
| Weifeng He | 3 | 9 | 2.65 |
| Zhigang Mao | 4 | 199 | 41.73 |