Title
Low power multiplexer tree design using dynamic propagation path control
Abstract
Many techniques have been proposed to reduce the power consumption of multiplexer (MUX) trees. Most of them are performed at the algorithm or circuit level. In this paper, we propose a design method at the register transfer level. In this method, each MUX has its own individual selection signal that is dynamically generated by a dedicated controller. The controller is designed to keep those selection signals as unaltered as possible since only the selection signals lying on the actual output propagation path need to be properly set. Consequently, the switching power in the MUX tree can be reduced. For a 256-to-1 MUX tree with 128-bit input width, the experiment results show that the proposed MUX tree design can reduce 58%~93% power dissipation with negligible area overhead.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/APCCAS.2008.4746153
APCCAS
Keywords
Field
DocType
logic circuits,word length 128 bit,multiplexing,individual selection signal,dynamic propagation path control,digital signal processing chips,low power multiplexer tree design,256-to-1 multiplexer tree,switching power,switching circuits,power dissipation,design method,register transfer level
Logic gate,Control theory,Dissipation,Computer science,Multiplexer,Electronic engineering,Switching power,Register-transfer level,Multiplexing,Power consumption
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-2342-2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nan-Shing Li100.34
Juinn-Dar Huang227027.42
Han-Jung Huang310.72