篇名 | 支持超低電壓與動態電壓調整之脈衝式正反器 |
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卷期 | 154 |
並列篇名 | Pulsed Flip-flops for Ultra-low Supply Voltage and Dynamic Voltage Scaling |
作者 | 羅賢君 、 黃清吉 |
頁次 | 025-032 |
關鍵字 | 正反器 、 超低電壓 、 超低功率 、 動態電壓調整 、 製程變異 、 標準邏輯元件庫 、 Flip-Flop;FF 、 Ultra-Low Voltage 、 Ultra-Low Power 、 Dynamic Voltage Scaling;DVS 、 Process Variation 、 Standard Cell Library |
出刊日期 | 201312 |
將數位電路的電壓降低使得其功率消耗以二次方的比例縮小, 對攜帶式產品具有極大誘因,而支持超低電壓操作以及動態電壓調整的標準邏輯元件庫,是達成該目標的基礎。在一個支持超低電壓的標準邏輯元件庫中,正反器是非常關鍵的邏輯電路元件,由於低電壓使得其中電晶體驅動力降低、抗雜訊能力降低、對於製程變異敏感度提高,因此正反器必須額外的設計考量,其中牽涉到電晶體使用、電路架構、以及系統時序。本文提出以適應性複製的敏感電路時序,作為支持超低電壓以及動態電壓調整之脈衝式正反器,並介紹所使用設計方法,包含低電壓下的容忍製程變異設計、系統效能與功率考量、以及適應動態電壓調整的時序分析。
Lowering the supply voltage reduces the power consumption of digital circuits in a quadratic magnitude, which extends the lifetime of portable products. An ultra-low-voltage standard cell library facilitates the construction of low-power digital systems. In a low-voltage standard cell library, flip-flops are crucial components. Low-voltage flip-flop performance is sensitive to process variations because a low supply voltage
degrades transistor drive strength and noise immunity. Adaptive strategies in circuit design, transistor assignment, and timing analysis are required to enhance the operability of low-voltage flip-flops. Therefore,this article presents an adaptive pulsed flip-flop that duplicates the sensitive circuit path to act as a replica.This structure enhances the timing characteristics of pulsed flip-flops operated at ultra-low voltages or during voltage scaling. In addition, this article provides relevant issues about using the pulsed flip-flops, including variation-aware strategies, system performance and power trade-off, and timing analyses considering dynamic voltage scaling.